We gardeners must look strange to those looking at us from the other side of the fence. There we are, sweat dripping down our dirt streaked faces and errant leaves and twigs stuck in our hair. Our …
I Found Them! (A simple post after a day of gardening)
Mystery Flower I found this flower blooming in my garden. There is just one flower, on one stem. Where in the world did it come from? I didn't buy it. I looked through my notes on trial plants I …
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Hortus sanus: Chief Gardening Officer
Congratulations! You’ve worked hard to get to the top, you’ve paid your dues and sown your seeds and now you are the Chief Gardening Officer of your very own garden. You are in charge. You are the …
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Hortus sanus
Hortus sanus. Most gardeners recognize hortus sanus when they see it. It is what we want for ourselves, for every gardener. It is what we hope for, plan for, work for, and plant for. …
Reprise: Six Garden Lessons From Hoes
Garden gate in garden in Dallas, Texas Sometimes gardeners who read my blog and then meet me in person will confess to me that they have never used a hoe in their garden. Some will admit to not …
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“Never… had there been such a summer”
Zephyranthes sp. Faux rain on a rain lily. I tricked this poor lone rain lily into thinking it had rained and got it to bloom one more time for me, a fitting end to this summer of dryness. "Summer, …
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