There are a few things missing from my garden this season, including…Phlox paniculata ‘Crème de Menthe’. At one time, this was one of my favorite perennials, but it disappeared completely this year. …
Random Observations and Thoughts While Mowing
Earlier today, I read that at any given time there are 10 quintillion insects on this earth. Written out that number is 10,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's eighteen zeros after the ten. I don't know if …
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If I’m Remembering Right…
If I’m remembering right, it seems that my Dad always managed to have a ripe tomato around Father’s Day, in this same hardiness zone that I am gardening in. Whether that memory is right or wrong, …
Unpacking Some Misc. Ideas Brought Home From Spring Fling
I found a few miscellaneous ideas and thoughts when I finally unpacked my bags and sorted through my pictures from the Chicago Spring Fling.First thing out of the bags was this rabbit, which isn't …
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Happy May 1st!
It’s May! Happy May 1st !Take up your trowels and hoes and wide-brimmed hats, it’s time to plant and weed and sow seed in the garden.May starts as Spring with fat buds, fragrant new flowers and newly …
On The Eve of May
There’s an annual beginning in every garden, a point in time that seems like the “new year’s day” for the garden, when the old is past and the new is welcomed in. It’s a time when everything seems …
