A week or so ago, a bird was attempting to build a nest above the light next to the back door. Since she hadn't gotten too far along, I knocked down the bits and bobs of leaves and grasses and figured …
World’s First Hardy Tomato Plant
I'm so excited today because I am finally able to talk about a top-secret tomato breeding project in my garden which has produced the world's first-ever hardy tomato plant. This tomato plant is …
Forgiving Forsythia: From Here to There to Here, Again
Forsythia 'Gold Tide'. A smaller, forgiving forsythia that melts into the background of the garden after it blooms. Mine top out at around three, maybe four feet. Forgiving because though it …
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – March 2022
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for March 2022. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I am pleased to report that spring flowers are popping up every day. I am not …
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Forcing Snowdrops Like It’s 1877
“Here’s a snowdrop—for “hope”—and here’s pansy—for thought”— C. Preston-Wynne While looking through a stack of vintage postcards for images of violets and pansies, I ran across this one …
The Genus Viola: A Presentation
Last week, my garden club's speaker "ghosted" us, as the kids says. We attempted to contact the person, we did online searches for the person, and we came up with nothing. A no-show. It happens. So …
