Gardening through this fall has been like being stuck at the top of a zip line. I just couldn't get that thing, whatever it is called, engaged on the zip line, ready to go. The temperatures were too …
How did we get to “compromise” so quickly?
I wonder how we got to "compromise" in the fall garden so quickly? I blame the unusual summery days of October when warmer than normal temperatures lulled me into believing there was a lot of time …
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Frost Means Freedom
To many gardeners, "frost" is a four-letter word, even in the fall of the year. Merely hinting that there is a chance of frost or whispering "frost" sends some gardeners scrambling to cover their …
Fall is when we show true love for our gardens
If you don't fall in love with your garden all over again in the fall, then perhaps you don't love your garden at all? It's easy to love a garden in the springtime when every plant seems fresh and …
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Garden Fairies Post on the First Day of Fall
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we always start out our posts with "garden fairies here" so you know it is us and not Carol writing these posts. We feel it is important for …
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A Gardener’s Conundrum
The conundrum was how to do enough clean up to make it look like someone regularly tends this garden without doing all the clean up so there would be something to clean up once they came. Such was my …
