Madness. How else does one describe the thoughts of a gardener on the first warm day of spring? How does one explain the furtive glances out the window, the longing to go out and do something, …
Wildflower Wednesday Waiting
Jeffersonia diphylla, Will my spring wildflowers emerge earlier than normal, following the lead of the Iris histrioides 'Katharine Hodgkin' now blooming four to five weeks early in my …
Guest Post: Garden Fairies Worry About Seeds
Why we grow vegetables - for the food. Garden fairies here! Finally, we get a chance to post something. When was the last time we posted? Goodness, we don't know when we last posted something …
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Pansies: Gift from the Garden Fairies
According to Alice T. A. Quackenbush, the pansies are a gift to us from the garden fairies. I did wonder about that and suspected that there might be a connection between them. I would guess they are …
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Welcome, Dandelions
Look closely to see the garden fairies disguised as dandelions I never realized when I ordered All in a Garden Fair by Alice T. A. Quackenbush (A. T. De Le Mare Company, Inc., 1925) that I would …
Round every flower there gleams a glory
"Round every flower there gleams a glory, Bequested by antique song or story; To each old legends give a name, And its peculiar charm proclaim." I will never think of dandelions in the same way now …
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