It always starts out so innocently. For several years, in early May, a local garden club has held a plant sale at the home of one of their members, just off a busy road that I drive up and down many …
Five Things I’ve Learned So Far From Working With A Garden Designer
Five things I’ve learned so far from working with a garden designer. 1. Lawns should have a shape. 2. It really is nice to come home and find that someone planted something in my garden while …
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Would You Rather Be An Excellent Gardener or A Successful Gardener?
I read a Dale Carnegie quote earlier this week and my thoughts turned to gardening, as they always do. Before you read the quote, take a minute to answer this question: Would you rather be an …
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The Wild Garden: A Book Review
One does not lightly pass up a book with a note on the cover that says “Gardeners owe all to William Robinson” – Henry Mitchell. Nor should one take lightly a book that uses the word “copse” in it, …
Dear Friends and Gardeners: May 17, 2010
Dear Dee and Mary Ann and Gardening Friends Everywhere, Monday morning… my gardening vacation is over and I am back to work. The first question I’ll be asked is “did you get everything planted?” …
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – May 2010
Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for May 2010. May. I've waited all year for it. Not only is the sky blue, the grass green, and the garden all new again, but the blooms are big here in my USDA …
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