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Dear Hortense: Do Garden Fairies Really Exist?

May 20, 2011 By Carol Michel 10 Comments

Dear Hortense Hoelove,

Do garden fairies really exist?

Yours truly,
Thorn Goblinfly

Dear Ms. Goblinfly,

This feels like a trick question, the kind of trick question a garden fairy would ask.

You can’t fool me!  I’ve been in this business a long time and know to be very careful with trick questions. They are tricky, like garden fairies.

And there’s your answer. I could not compare this tricky question to garden fairies if they didn’t exist, could I? Indeed garden fairies do exist!

In fact, this question was submitted by a garden fairy!

Sincerely,
Hortense

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: hortense hoelove, humor

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  1. Fairegarden says

    May 20, 2011 at 11:38 am

    You can't trick Hortense!

    Reply
  2. Melissa says

    May 20, 2011 at 12:33 pm

    Well done Hortense….disaster averted….I wonder what Thorn is up too. There must be something on her mind or up her sleeve to ask such an odd question.

    Reply
  3. Unknown says

    May 20, 2011 at 12:44 pm

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  4. Robin Ripley says

    May 20, 2011 at 12:46 pm

    Well of course they do! I do wish they would pull weeds sometimes though.

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  5. Gail says

    May 20, 2011 at 12:53 pm

    Oh those fairies~they are always up to something. gail ps I like Robin's idea.

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  6. Rose says

    May 20, 2011 at 1:17 pm

    I'm sure they exist, too! Who else is responsible for scattering all the obedient plant seeds in my butterfly garden? Last year they got carried away with rudbeckia…I wonder what it will be next year:)

    Reply
  7. growingagardenindavis says

    May 20, 2011 at 3:29 pm

    I'm so glad Hortense is here to think these things through!

    Reply
  8. wilderness says

    May 20, 2011 at 3:29 pm

    Rose that must have been one of the mischievous once with too many seeds. I agree however there should be a good fairy that makes the weeds vanish

    Reply
  9. The Sage Butterfly says

    May 20, 2011 at 5:00 pm

    I believe they exist as well. Many things are there that we don't always see. Cute post!

    Reply
  10. Mr. McGregor's Daughter says

    May 21, 2011 at 1:11 am

    I love an existential question, and I love Clematis 'Rooguchi' paired with that variegated Helianthis(?).

    Reply

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