Tulipa humilis 'Magenta Queen' I like to name my gardens. I don't like to force the names. I wait for the names to come to me. The overall name of my gardens is May Dreams Gardens. Repeat after …
The Gardener and the Mighty Dandelion
There in the garden, the wild dandelion was trapped, cornered, easy prey for the gardener, who swooped down upon it and with her bare hands pulled it out of the rain-softened earth. She was …
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Signs of Rabbits
It is important to know if you have rabbits in or around your garden so that you can take precautions to prevent them from eating your lettuce before you get a chance to harvest it for yourself. How …
Dear Hortense Hoelove: Horticultural Senility?
Tulipa humilis 'Eastern Star' Someone left a question for Hortense Hoelove on my Facebook page. Hortense has agreed to answer it. Dear Hortense Hoelove, "How does one overcome a persistent case of …
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Timing is Everything: A Reader Visits
Anemone blanda 'White Splendor' Timing, they say, is everything. In life, in the garden, in taking pictures, and in sharing information. When I found out earlier this week that some information I …
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Reputations
Should I be concerned that not just one person, but two people left this comic strip from yesterday's newspaper on my desk at work? Now why would they leave this particular comic on my desk? "Why", …
