It was all so sudden after weeks of taking so long.I went from finding the first crocus buds last Saturday to having Crocus blooms pop up and actually open up all over the place today.It seemed almost …
Dear Garden, Please Don’t Be Late and Some Giveaways
I’m feeling very fortunate, even lucky, to have found these first crocus blooms in my garden on the last day of February.If I would have found these two purple bloom-buds on the first day of March it …
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Time to Take Care of Them
My garden is full of them, and I’ll bet yours is, too. Generally, only you can see them in your garden until you tell others about them. Then they see them and nod in agreement realizing that they …
What Every New Gardener Needs
There are going to be a lot of new gardeners this spring, eager to grow a few vegetables and hopefully some flowers. These new gardeners might be trying to save money by growing a bit of food or they …
Planting a Lilac for Lincoln’s Birthday Bicentennial
Today marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of our 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, and I’m commemorating this event in a special way.Last spring I purchased a new lilac, Syringa vulgaris …
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Snow Now, But In Seven Weeks…
I was inexplicably drawn to the vegetable garden yesterday; I suppose to see how it looked under a foot of snow.All the usual clichés apply.The snow is like a fluffy, thick, blanket.It looks like …
