I like to start out my blog posts with a pretty picture, even if the picture doesn't relate to the blog post topic. Today's pretty picture is of my trout lilies. Sorry about the full sun exposure, but I'm not sorry it's a sunny day! I do wish these trout lilies, Erythronium americanum, had been blooming on Wednesday. They would have made a nice topic for Wildflower Wednesday, hosted by Gail at Clay and Limestone. She featured Sedum ternatum on her blog post this month. It's a native … [Read more...] about What once was lost has now been found
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A New Weeding Device
I just read about an unusual weather record we set here in Indianapolis. The days between December 25 and January 4 are the coldest stretch of days we've ever had in Indianapolis, at least since they started keeping weather records. Naturally, during this cold spell, which has included a few too many mornings with temperatures featuring minus signs, I've been thinking about weeding my garden. I would like to weed my garden now, of course, because I can't with all the snow and cold and … [Read more...] about A New Weeding Device
A chance to win a Cobrahead® “Mini” and my book
Of course I was planning to host a giveaway of my book, Potted and Pruned: Living a Gardening Life, but not until I found the perfect tool to go with it. And a few weeks ago, I found that tool. The Cobrahead@ "Mini" Weeder and Cultivator. Let's make this easy. Just comment below before 8 pm EDT on Monday, June 26, 2017 and I'll choose a winner by random drawing shortly thereafter. Cobrahead® will send a "mini" weeder and cultivator to the winner, and I'll send the winner a signed soft … [Read more...] about A chance to win a Cobrahead® “Mini” and my book
I’m in love with my Cobrahead® “Mini” Weeder and Cultivator
Dearest Cobrahead® People, The new Cobrahead® "Mini" Weeder and Cultivator is the best new tool I've put in my gloved gardening hand in quite some time. I thought I loved the original Cobrahead® but I didn't know what true tool love was. The mini is the one for me. I got my Cobrahead® "Mini" Weeder and Cultivator a few weeks ago and when I put it in my hands, I knew it was the one for me. Of course, I confirmed my love by actually using it. Wow. I used it to dig out … [Read more...] about I’m in love with my Cobrahead® “Mini” Weeder and Cultivator
It’s time to retire…
It's time to retire... this old Felco No. 8 pruner with holster. It had a good run, if you consider 15 years a good run for pruners. I do. I do, especially knowing all the work this ol' pruner did over those years. The cutting, the shearing, and occasionally the digging of maybe a really small hole when no trowel was nearby. I am certain I didn't take the best care of this pruner. I dropped it more than once, onto concrete, too. I put it away with plant sap stuck to the … [Read more...] about It’s time to retire…
As the Leaves Turn, Season 1, Final Episode
"As the Leaves Turn" is a soap opera for gardeners brought to you by our sponsors. When we last left our gardener, at the end of Episode 3, she had just received her long-for package and had rushed inside to open. In this final episode, our gardener is standing in her kitchen, staring down at the box, imagining what is inside of it. She slowly turns the box from end to end, side to side, examining it closely. She then takes out a knife out, carefully slices through the tape holding the box … [Read more...] about As the Leaves Turn, Season 1, Final Episode
