Dear Hortense, Greetings on a fine summer's morning! I very much appreciated how quickly you responded to my letter about the Green Bandana Garden Club. Somehow, I knew you would know something about it. I should have responded back sooner to your letter, but it has been a busy week. On Monday, I bought a pile of old gardening books, including Pay Dirt by J. I. Rodale -- yes, the Rodale of Organic Gardening. They are all very interesting books but reading through them has certainly … [Read more...] about A Return Letter to Hortense
Green Bandana Garden Club
A Letter from Hortense
Dear Carol, I knew I would get a letter from you once you found the green bandana hanging from your locust tree. It didn’t take you long to write either! First, let me say that news of your garden sounds promising, even after the late start and all of the rain. But isn’t it awful how dry everything looks after just a week without rain? I hope you are at least watering your vegetable garden once a week. You are right on one point in your letter… I do know about the Green Bandana … [Read more...] about A Letter from Hortense
A Letter To Hortense
Dear Hortense, It’s been so long since I’ve read any garden advice from you that I thought I’d write to tell you about my garden and try to entice you to visit and answer just a few questions. Oh, sure, I know Dr. Hortfreud is always here, but she is better about explaining my feelings about gardening and you excel at giving me pragmatic advice on this whole business of gardening. Truly, there is a need for both of you. Anyway, you would not believe how the garden has changed since you … [Read more...] about A Letter To Hortense
The Green Bandana Garden Club
I didn't get up as early as I'd hoped to, no doubt because the morning was overcast with no streaming sun coming through the east window to wake me up and no alarm clock set on a day off to force me up. But when I finally woke up, I ran to the window like a kid on Christmas morning who is anxious to know if it snowed the night before. Only, I, a gardener with an extra day off in the summer time, was wondering if it had rained or was raining. When I looked outside, it was clear that it … [Read more...] about The Green Bandana Garden Club
