It is utterly forbidden to be half-hearted about gardening. You have got to love your garden whether you like it or not. ~W.C. Sellar & R.J. Yeatman, Garden Rubbish, 1936When do the dog days of …
Squash Watch, Lost Daylilies, and Lists
The daily "squash watch" has begun here at May Dreams Gardens.Every morning and every evening, I go out to the garden and check on the summer squash to see if there is one ready to harvest.I am …
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Garden Bloggers Muse Day – July
The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do …
The Big Green Leaf Day: Thoughts On Leaves
My garden is full of leaves right now, so I was delighted to get an email from Emma from The Nice Green Leaf about June 30th being a day to post about about our big green leaves.Leaves are the …
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Cactus are Blooming at May Dreams Gardens
The foliage looks like Geranium, doesn't it, but what is that flower?It's a flower most people wouldn't expect to see in a Zone 5 garden.It's a cactus flower.This is an Opuntia, Prickly Pear Cactus.I …
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Plant Catalog Update
You know you are a gardening geek when you proclaim you are going to undertake a project to catalog all of the plants in your garden, AND you actually start on it and have something to show for your …
