Just some pretty flowers from before it dried up here. Earlier this summer I started reading mysteries by Agatha Christie, particularly those that feature Miss Jane Marple as the …
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I never cared about Camellias until…
This is NOT a camellia, it is a rose. I never cared about Camellias until I started reading Eudora Welty's gardening letters (Tell About Night Flowers: Eudora Welty's Gardening Letters, 1940-1949, …
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Reading “Tell About Night Flowers”
Hydrangeas are everywhere in Quebec City Did you miss me? I returned to my garden late yesterday afternoon after being away for almost a week at the Garden Writers Association symposium in Quebec …
Suspense and Mystery in the Garden
Bird's Blanket Garden Border I've been reading Agatha Christie mysteries featuring Miss Jane Marple and watching clips of Alfred Hitchcock after watching the movie "Hitchcock" the other night. Do …
Bury the body in the garden
What lies in the ground beneath the flowers? How many murder mystery books have you read where the body is finally found buried in the garden? I've just embarked upon a summer reading obsession …
One safe rule for gardeners
Once upon a time, I lost my footing near an old gardening book, fell in, and ever since then I have been making my way from one book to another, finding all kinds of nuggets of gardening wit and …
