What joy is ours when we go out to the garden to find bounty in it. It's why we grow vegetables, isn't it? And flowers, too, like this verbena that I let self sow all around my garden. It is bountiful …
We see it all in the Fall, and hear a new secret
We see it all in the Fall. There's a remnant of spring in the new yellow rose buds, a touch of summer in the white rose flower, and a bit of fall in the orange rosehips, all on the same branch of a …
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Bulb hoarding
As soon as I read the headline, a thousand thoughts went through my mind. Did I buy enough bulbs this spring for fall planting? People are hoarding bulbs. Why are they hoarding flower bulbs? Do …
When a gardener shops for furniture
When a gardener shops for furniture, her eye is drawn to the wood furniture with the carvings of leaf branches. She wonders what plant that might be and if it is botanically correct. After all, she …
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Seeing the world through garden-colored glasses
I see the world through garden-colored glasses. All around me I notice plants and flowers and I must have them around me as well. I rarely walk by a plant without an impulse to touch it. I see soil …
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You Might Be a Gardening Geek: Seattle Fling Edition
At Dragonfly Farms Nursery You might be a gardening geek who went to Seattle Fling if… Before you left home, you spent more time making notes on how to water and tend your garden in your absence …
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