I really must stay clean today because I am going to my niece's wedding and it just won't do to be other than clean. This means that I must stay out of the garden. Even though I think the …
A Moment of Beauty
Double tulips with grape hyacinths The sole purpose of this post is to share this picture with you. It is a picture of a chance encounter with a moment in time in my garden when I was there, …
A few little attentions make for success in the garden
Lettuce and radishes are coming up in the veg. garden I've discovered "a few little attentions which make for success in the garden and minimize the sum of the season's work" hidden in an old …
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Women in the garden
'Lady Jane' tulips in bloom I find it interesting that in some old gardening books, the authors felt compelled to point out that women can indeed garden. J. B. Whiting wrote in his 1849 book, …
A peek into the mind of a gardener
A peek into the mind of a gardener on the first warm hot day of spring. Gosh it's hot suddenly I didn't notice that the magnolia was budded out like that is that early or is that on time since when …
It’s good not to be housed-up
It's good to no longer be a "housed-up" woman. Just ask Eben E. Rexford. "The general impression seems to be that gardening is essentially man's work, and that women and children are not equal …
