Gray skies are going to cheer us, we have a happy face...What? Those aren't the words to the song??They should be, at least around May Dreams Gardens here in central Indiana. It's been raining off and …
Who’s Behind in Their Garden Clean Up? Five Lessons for Fall
Are you feeling a bit behind in your fall garden clean up work? Do you think that you just can’t get it all done before the snow flies, or the rains come, or whatever happens in your neck of the woods …
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First Estimate on Making a New Planting Bed
My original title for this post was going to be "$1.07 Won't Even Buy Me A Glass of Iced Tea".A while back, I posted about how I was taking back some overgrown planting beds, reclaiming them from …
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Why I Didn’t Harvest More Compost Today
My compost bins sit half-emptied, exactly as I left them yesterday. The bin on the right is the one I emptied first, and then I put the top layers of uncomposted material into that bin. Then I moved …
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Closure at May Dreams Gardens
I thought it might help those of you who deal with issues of "closure" if I provided some updates on recent events here at May Dreams Gardens.Moles. As it turns out, I am as poor a trapper of moles as …
An Epic Battle Begins
The dainty tall phlox continues to bloom in the perennial bed by the back patio. The days have been warmer than usual here, too, just as they have been warmer in so many gardens.Other than shorter …