According to William Bryant Logan in "The Tool Book","The watering can looks like an ancient tool, but the first mention of it in the Oxford English Dictionary dates only from 1692. More than a decade …
“The Society” Considers Watering Cans
Dear Esteemed and Potential Members of the Society for the Preservation and Propagation of Old-Time Gardening Wisdom, Lore, and Superstition (SPPOTGWLS or “the Society”),It has occurred to me, your …
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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – November 2008
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for November 2008.Here in my zone 5 garden, it is definitely almost winter, but a few foxgloves, Digitalis purpurea, haven't gotten the message and are hanging …
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Five Hoe Questions Answered
It's hard to believe, but yes, really, there are aspects of my hoe collection that you might not know about it, that I now feel compelled to reveal.(If you are new around here and are scratching your …
Happy Do Nothing in the Garden Day
I declare November 12th to be Do Nothing in the Garden Day.Because I still have a lot of garden clean up to do, I've been feeling pressure to get out there in whatever daylight is left when I get home …
Foolish Flower!
Foolish flower! It’s November! It shouldn’t be blooming now.I bet I know what happened. Last weekend and early last week, it was darn right warm for November, with high temperatures in the lower 70’s …
