It’s Christmas time and our thoughts turn to gardening.Will the amaryllis and paperwhites be in bloom on Christmas Day?Will that poinsettia keep all its leaves just a few more days, the one we bought …
The Society Has A Christmas Meeting
Members of the Society for the Preservation and Propagation of Old-Time Gardening Wisdom, Lore, and Superstition (SPPOTGWLS or “the Society”) recently held a virtual Christmas party.The meeting was …
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Norfolk Island Pine Inspires Poetry
I recently won a Norfolk Island Pine tree, and it inspired me to write poetry!Oh Norfolk Island PineOh Norfolk Island PineYour beauty is so fine. Would you like to be my treeAnd celebrate Christmas …
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Annual Christmas Letter from May Dreams Gardens
Dear Santa,I’ve been very good this year. If you also think so, I’d like a compost thermomet…Oops, wrong letter...Dear Friends and Family in the Garden and out of the Garden,Merry Christmas and Happy …
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Tree-weeds
Do you know what you call tree seedlings that come up all over the garden?Tree-weeds.Yes, they are weeds. But there are some gardeners who get all “funny” about pulling tree seedlings as weeds, …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day December 2008
The dark days of December seem even darker with no snow cover on the ground and day after day of cloudy skies. I went out to the garden in search of blooms for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day and found …
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