Do certain plants still trigger strong childhood memories when you garden with them every day?Pam/Digging asked this question in response to a comment I left on a post she wrote about her childhood …
False Flowers, Contradictions in Advice, and Radishes
Not all is always as it seems in the garden. There are false flowers that are real flowers, but called false because they look like something they aren't.These are False Forget-me-Nots, Brunnera …
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Purple Velvet
These pansies have been through a lot of seasons since I planted them on March 16th. First, it got really cold and then it warmed up quite a bit, then it got really cold again for several weeks, and …
Positively… Cold, But What About 2002, 2005, and 1925?
Let's look at the positives first. After a night of freezing temperatures and a cloudy, cold day, the tulips don't look so bad. They are all upright and not too much clashing orange, yet.The star …
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Do Pinkish-Purple and Orange Match?
Crabapple getting ready to bloom...My neighbor mowed his grass every day from last Wednesday through Sunday… five days in a row. I think that each time he mowed, he lowered the setting on his lawn …
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Daffodil Day (Narcisuss Diem)
One benefit of mowing the lawn is it makes you go all around everything and see things that you might not otherwise see in your garden. Saturday while I was mowing, I noticed that it is the peak of …
