Iris reticulata 'Harmony' "Nothing great is of rapid achievement, it must be remembered, and "to make a garden", wrote a Persian poet, is to paint a living picture with the pigments of the Almighty." …
May Dreams Gardens Has Moved!
Yes, you found me but this post is kind of old and in the middle of things. We are working to get that fixed! In the meantime, if you want to read the most current post, click here. Then do …
Silver Pennies
I leaned over the snow mound and opened my mailbox, expecting to find the usual junk mail and bills. Instead I found a package. I wasn't expecting a package. It was a surprise. Isn't that the …
A Gardening Book Well Used
I bought a gardening book well used, another copy of A Southern Garden by Elizabeth Lawrence (1942). I am quite aware that my frozen garden in Indiana is not in the middle south, where Elizabeth …
Down the rabbit hole, again
More Lily of the Valley I've gone down into another rabbit hole of old gardening books. Down in this particular rabbit hole, I've been following one trail and then another, sometimes retracing steps …
The Rabbit Holes of Winter
I've recently decided that January is one of my favorite months to think about gardening. There is time in January to relax a bit. The holidays are over. The winds howl and only the …
