Frost tickled the garden yesterday morning and from what I could tell, very little seemed to be affected other than maybe the pepper plants in the vegetable garden, which were calling it quits …
Five questions to ask about your garden this fall
A bit of floral flotsam As I stand in the garden, leaning on a hoe, surveying the remains of summer, I turn introspective, as most gardeners do this time of year. Here are five questions I ask …
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Party ’til frost
I was all set to fill up this post with picture after picture after picture of asters blooming in my garden. But I can't find the files on my computer. Maybe they are still just on the camera? …
We are a tiny bit behind…
We are a tiny bit behind here at May Dreams Gardens. There are houseplants shivering on the back patio. I hope they didn't mind temps in the high 40s, though I think I heard some talk amongst them. …
The Society for the Promotion of Mums as the Quintessential Fall Flower
Who will buy these? The Society for the Promotion of Mums as the Quintessential Fall Flower* would like to lodge an official protest regarding the disfiguration of poinsettias to modify their colors …
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A hole in my garden – autumn-flowering snowdrops
Spring flowering snowdrops. Yesterday, I found out there are autumn-flowering snowdrops. Autumn-flowering. As in blooming in October. And now I want some. I never knew they …
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