When someone finds out you are a gardener, inevitably, the next question is, “what kind of gardening do you do?”How do you answer that question?After being asked that question for years, I have no …
When Life Hands You Lemons, Grow Narcissus
A few miscellaneous Tuesday updates.Regarding the hand hoe, I was pleased to receive a comment from Mr. De Wit of the De Wit hand tool company indicating that my hand hoe is indeed a De Wit brand hand …
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Garden Bloggers’ Book Club November Newsletter
Greetings, and welcome to the November Edition of the Garden Bloggers’ Book Club Newsletter.A gentle reminder of the November “meeting”.I’d like to get all your blog posts about The Essential Earthman …
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Garden for Your Sanity
Following receipt of a comment from Gloria regarding the book, 'A Woman's Hardy Garden’ by Helene Rutherford Ely, I had an urge to explore this book further. Fittingly, Gloria left her comment on this …
Old Gardeners, Vegetables, and Book Club
Every work day for the past 9+ years, I have driven past a large vegetable garden on my way to and from work. I’ve noticed through the years that I see the gardener less and less and his garden …
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Fall Foliage Report Boston and Indy
Several years ago, maybe a dozen or so, I had to go to Boston to attend a work-related conference. I remember we had some additional time on Sunday, the day before the conference started, and so I …
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