Thus begins the season of bending over and peering down at the ground looking for signs of life, for flowers in the snow, for little signs of hope. In the back garden, I bend over with abandon, confident that no one can see over the fence to see my broadside sticking up in the air while I'm looking down at a little snowdrop which came up and flowered unexpectedly last week. "Pretty little snowdrop. Are you confused? I just planted you a month or so ago. Didn't expect to see you until late … [Read more...] about Bending down and peering
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March 1st – Spring Flowers and Dr. Hortfreud
Ah yes, the blooms of early spring. It's time for them to appear, now that it's March 1st. In this first picture, the snowdrops are making their appearance, but it is under the cover of snow. They are like little nodding bells, ringing in the spring, though currently, with the March 1st snowfall, their nodding bells have been nearly silenced, perhaps even crushed. Only the most well-trained gardener's ear can hear them now. I can hear them, can you? In this next picture, we see where … [Read more...] about March 1st – Spring Flowers and Dr. Hortfreud
Garden fairies discuss the end of winter
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we have decided to post on this blog to talk about the weather and in particular the end of winter. Is winter ever going to end? We ask ourselves this over and over. Just a few weeks ago it seemed like the question was if winter was ever going to get started because it really wasn't all that bad and it hadn't snowed that much. Then all of a sudden. Wham! Winter must have heard us talking about how wimpy it was and decided to show us. … [Read more...] about Garden fairies discuss the end of winter
The little (okay, big) gardener inside of me
Snowdrop in the snow, as it should be. Are you ready? I looked at the weather forecast for tomorrow, a Saturday, and noted the high temperature will be 50F and there is no chance of rain. The little (okay, big) gardener inside of me, who is always thinking about plants, and soil, and flowers, and gardens, and gardening books, etc. would like to go out and play in the garden. And by "play", the little (okay, big) gardener inside of me means cut back some of the perennials left standing last … [Read more...] about The little (okay, big) gardener inside of me
Five things your garden wants you to do this winter
Hyacinths are blooming in the sun room. Winter-time and what's a gardener to do? Well, there's a lot a gardener can do, as it turns out. Here are five things your garden wants you to do this winter. Visit it. Yes, go out into the garden, even if it is under snow, and see what's going on. Take some paper and a pencil with you and make some notes. What needs to be cut back? Where are the winter weeds taking hold? Are there broken branches you should at least cut back enough … [Read more...] about Five things your garden wants you to do this winter
Garden fairies provide an update on winter
First Snowdrop, January 24, 2015 Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we have been watching this blog wondering if anyone was going to post anything and we didn't see anyone posting anything, so we decided, once again, to take matters into our own hands and post something. We have decided to provide an official winter update on the goings on around here. One of the goings on around here is that the pillywiggins pulled a fast one on Carol and poked a snowdrop bloom up out of the … [Read more...] about Garden fairies provide an update on winter
