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Recent Blog Posts From May Dreams Gardens
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – December 2024
Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for December 2024. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we went from a slow, meandering fall that seemed like it would go on for quite a while to… ….welcome winter! With its cold—some nights and mornings have been in the teens—and bits of snow, […]
A Few Thoughts On Books
A few thoughts on books! Gardening books are excellent gifts. Just ask Vicar Ellacombe, also known as Canon Ellacombe. And I quote: “I suppose no one who loves his garden is entirely without books on his favourite subject; and, indeed, I have always found that a lover of gardens and flowers is also more or […]
Garden Fairies Discuss the Weather
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we are posting on this blog so that it doesn’t go dormant and disappear like that chocolate Carol bought and swore would last her for weeks and weeks. Well, in a matter of days, we could find none of the chocolate, and that is enough sweet talk. […]
Check Out My Books
I’ve written five books of humorous gardening advice, guaranteed to make you smile and provide some good gardening advice. Check out one or all five!
Potted and Pruned: Living a Gardening Life
Homegrown and Handpicked: A Year in a Gardening Life
Seeded and Sodded: Thoughts From a Gardening Life
Creatures and Critters: Who’s In My Garden
Digging and Delighted: Live Your Best Gardening Life
And I’ve written two children’s books, both illustrated by my nephew. If you know a kid or were once a kid, you need both!
The Christmas Cottontail: A Story for Gardeners of All Ages
The Halloween Hare: A Story for Gardeners of All Ages
Will I write more books? Seeds have been planted, shoots are coming up. We shall see!