It's spring in the garden and I am wondering around asking all kinds of questions. Some of the questions have easy, fun, life-affirming answers. Will the Magnolia 'Butteflies' tree I planted last …
If you want to change your world, plant a garden
If you want to change your world, plant a garden. If you've already planted a garden, you know this is true. A garden gets you to go outside where you will come in contact with soil, which has …
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Killing is for weeds
I've never killed a plant I purposely planted in my garden. Sadly, sometimes those plants die on me, for either an inexplicable or explicable reason. I do cringe a little when the reason is …
What Percent Gardener Are You?
More and more people are spitting into a little tube, mailing the tube filled with their spittle to a DNA lab, and then eagerly awaiting a report to show them, by percentages, where their ancestors …
Deciding
Wouldn't it be nice if all we had to decide in a garden is which flowers to take pictures of? Yesterday, February 25th, I had several choices. The sun coaxed open more than a few flowers, including a …
I’ve sprung
I've sprung. Yesterday, I set a new personal record for the earliest day to plant pansies in containers on my front porch. February 20th. Though I do not need a defense for my actions, if anyone …
