Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we went outside because Carol went outside. She was taking pictures for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, which is tomorrow. We garden fairies weren't …
Dear Gardener’s Journal: The First Ten Days
Sunday, January 1, 2012 Dear Gardener's Journal High 51F, Low 35F I heard winter was finally coming so I rushed around and took down all the outdoor Christmas lights, then I potted up some house …
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Winter Time: Sow Seeds for a Happy Summer
A dusting of snow on the garden brings wintry thoughts. Winter time is one of the best things about gardening in a temperate zone. In the winter time, snow and ice and wind wipe the garden clean so …
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Dear Garden in Winter
Dear Garden, Dearest Garden, Dear Garden in Winter, I am entrusting to your care these little plants that I was not able to find just the right homes for before it got cold, so I planted them out …
December
It's December. The squirrel knows it. The calendar shows it. Many of us will pause as we flip our calendar over to this last month of the year and wonder how it came to be that another year has …
A gardener’s winter lair
One of the most important preparations a gardener can make for winter is to set up a winter lair. The winter lair should be indoors for obvious reasons, like snow and sleet and ice and rain and cold …