Days like today, with clear blue skies and warm temperatures, make us forget that winter is closer than spring.We get in an awful big hurry late in the fall, trying to clean everything up and stow it …
Frosted Impatiens
I am pretty sure that those gardeners who garden in climates where there is no killing frost, no forced dormancy, no real end to a gardening season, secretly envy those of us who have gardens that die …
Remembering Other Frosty Days at May Dreams Gardens
Today we had a killing frost.A year ago today, we had a killing frost.What are the chances of having a killing frost like that on the same day, two years in a row?I don’t know, as I don’t have the …
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Other Colors Revealed
Botanists tell us that the fall leaf colors, those yellows, oranges, and reds, are in the leaves from the beginning but are masked by the green of chlorophyll for the duration of the growing …
Embrace Fall Clean-Up for A Happier Life
There are some gardeners who claim that they do little to no fall clean-up. They make it sound quite virtuous to let nature do its thing through fall and winter. They want us to believe that once the …
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Wind at May Dreams Gardens
It's amazing, sometimes, that the leaves don't all get blown out of the trees when the wind blows like this.But the leaves are hanging on, not yet ready to change colors, to fall off the trees, to …
