What secrets of the garden does this old grub hoe know? What ground has it broken? What roots has it dug out? Who carved that handle, clearly not the original, but definitely hand-hewn? Who has leaned …
I Confess To A Lapse Of Horticultural Judgment
I am about to confess that there is another member of the Umbelliferae family in my garden.But before I do, a quick review.In my last blog post, I confessed that I had somehow inadvertently removed, …
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What Happened To The Umbels?
What happened to the umbels?I was standing in the garden the other day, looking around, checking for blooms and bugs and doing some spot weeding, and realized I have no umbels in the garden.Where had …
Random Observations and Thoughts While Mowing
Earlier today, I read that at any given time there are 10 quintillion insects on this earth. Written out that number is 10,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's eighteen zeros after the ten. I don't know if …
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Letters to Gardening Friends, June 21, 2009
Dear Dee and Mary Ann and gardening friends everywhere,Greetings from my garden! On this first day of summer, it seems fitting that I picked the last of the peas and then the first of the hot peppers …
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If I’m Remembering Right…
If I’m remembering right, it seems that my Dad always managed to have a ripe tomato around Father’s Day, in this same hardiness zone that I am gardening in. Whether that memory is right or wrong, …
