There comes a time in the spring when a gardener asks herself, "Should I or shouldn't I plant these annuals and other tender plants outside now?" In other words, have we had our last frost? …
Solomon’s Seal for Wildflower Wednesday
I like digging into the topics that Dee Nash and I discuss on our weekly podcast episodes of The Gardenangelists. Last week, we decided our flower would be Solomon's Seal. Great! A native …
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – April 2020
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for April 2020. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in Central Indiana, spring has definitely arrived. And so has a cold snap that could bring some frosty …
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Six Steps to Establish a Beautiful Groundcover
Here are the six steps I took to end up with this groundcover growing around the base of my ginkgo tree. You can skip some of the steps, but you cannot skip the last step. Step 1. Grow up with …
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Jelly beans and newsletters
The question of the day on Easter was what to do with all those bags of jelly beans I bought when they first hit the shelves way back before we were even talking about pandemics and self-isolating and …
Garden Fairies Send a Message
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we are taking this time during what is one of our busiest seasons in the garden to send a message to everyone. First, before we send our message, we …
