Fortune cookies for gardeners: "All your weeds are wildflowers." "Dig deep for the secret to happiness in your garden." "A well-pruned garden is the sign of a gardener with too much time." "All …
Garden Fairies Provide a Veg Garden Update
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we have decided enough is enough, it is time to provide an update on The Vegetable Garden Cathedral because apparently if we don't do it, no one (Carol) …
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I feel like a movie star!
You can also listen to this post: When I'm out in the garden, and especially when I'm mowing the lawn, I feel like a movie star. Sometimes, I channel Sally Field in "Places in the Heart" when …
Pop-up showers, it’s all in the roots of the beholder
I was feeling pleased with myself, even a little smug, about how well I was keeping up with the weeds in my garden. I thought for once I was in control of the situation and the weeds were sort …
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Plantovert
At some point in life, someone will label us, or we will label ourselves, as either an introvert or an extrovert. If we seem to draw energy from being alone, we'll usually be …
The Perfect Plant Variety Name
I've been strolling through my garden, exercising my mind by trying to name the flowers as they bloom. The one picture here I call "Ragged Robin", but its true name is Lychnis flos-cuculi 'Petite …
