I’ve been growing my own tomato plants from seeds almost every year since 1987. Yes, there were a few years amongst those twenty plus years when I got lazy and bought tomato plants, but most years, I …
Decisions of All Sizes
Was it something I did? Something I didn’t do? Or something that didn’t involve me at all? The Iris danfordiae did not bloom this year after two years of blooming in mid-March. All I got were a bunch …
Garden Design Update: I Have Seen The Plans
I have seen the future of my garden, and I like it. The Garden Designer and her Partner in Digging returned Monday evening with garden plans to review and discuss. The Garden Designer went …
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Letters to Gardening Friends: March 29, 2010
Dear Dee and Mary Ann and Gardening Friends Everywhere, Did you ever feel like the days go by so quickly that you can hardly remember what you did from one day to the next? I feel like that …
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Hyacinths: Soldiers of Spring
Why did I plant these hyacinths in a straight row? Is it possible to plant these “soldiers of spring” in another way, other than a straight row? Somewhere it is probably possible, but not where the …
Pansies or Violas?
Pansies? Or Violas? I am in favor of both pansies and violas for early spring color in containers and window boxes, or even just planted in the ground. I purchased and planted my pansies and violas …
