Let the Olympic gardening games begin.The one and only Idahogardener is hosting a blogging event to commemorate the Olympics in true gardening fashion.There are just three rules:1. You must link back …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – August 2008
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day at May Dreams Gardens!The August garden seems to have a certain maturity to it here in my garden. Long gone are the sprouts and tiny flower buds of spring and in …
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When A Gardener Goes To The State Fair
When a gardener goes to the State Fair, in this case, the Indiana State Fair...She takes note that it is the "Year of the Tree".So they decorated the gazebo top to look like... a tree house?In the …
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Toe-Mah-Gust at May Dreams Gardens
August is the month for tomatoes at May Dreams Gardens.What generally starts as a trickle seems to rapidly turn into a deluge of tomatoes of all shapes, sizes, and tastes.I’m a traditionalist when it …
Don’t Eat Your Seed Corn
Right before I went to sleep last night, I was thinking about how the raccoons had ravaged my sweet corn. And then I suddenly realized I had made a tactical error in what appears to be a new battle …
Are Gardeners Naturally Eccentric?
Do you think most gardeners are a bit… eccentric? Are we that different from those who don’t garden? I’ve been browsing through the 1961 edition of How to Grow Vegetables & Fruits by the Organic …
