Every gardener has them, or should I say, doesn’t have them any more. Those plants purchased with great excitement and eager anticipation, the “must have” plants that once enticed and entranced the …
Public Service Announcement
Unfortunately, I must briefly interrupt my happy musings and questions about gardening to provide a brief public service announcement...I use Google Alerts to keep up with new websites, news sites, …
Can I Write a Post Without a Question?
We are entering that time of winter when the major winter holidays, for which we actually want snow and cold and icicles and all, are past, and now we just have winter going on. And though this year …
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We Always Knew Weeds Had The Upper Hand
Just saw an interesting article on CNN.com. What may be obvious to most gardeners has been proven. Plants with shorter life cycles, like annuals, adapt more quickly to climatic changes.Does this …
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What Makes a Gardener?
What is it that makes someone a gardener?I was talking to someone who was planning to retire in a few years. She proudly announced, “My husband is buying me a greenhouse for my retirement!” My …
Year of the Pea
Peas. Little green jewels of the early summer garden. Fresh shelled peas. They bear no resemblance to canned or frozen peas. They are like an entirely differently vegetable. I don’t particularly care …