Dear Carol and Mary Ann, It was nice reading your letters last week and seeing that both of you are now, in spite of the …
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Sweat Equity = Sleep
This morning, a Twitter conversation I had with Margaret from A Way to Garden got me thinking. She'd woken very early (3:50 a.m.) …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: Bud Break
With the cold weather behind us (at least for present), the entire garden responded with joy to last week's rain and snow. Peach …
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Cold and rainy Saturdays always get me down
Not really. The plants need the rain for growing. It's been a wild week on the prairie. We've had snow and sleet, freezing …
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Dear Friends and Gardeners
As way of explanation, Carol from May Dreams Gardens, Mary Ann from Idaho Gardener and I so loved the book, Dear Friend and …
Garden Blogger’s Muse Day: March
March by William Wordsworth "The cock is crowing, The stream is flowing, The small birds twitter, The lake doth glitter, The …
New beginnings for February Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day
A collage for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day hosted each month by Carol of May Dreams Garden. From left to right, top row: Hamamelis …
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I Went to a Garden Party . . . .
And, like the song goes, "to reminisce with my old friends." When I heard about VP from Veg Plotting's meme asking for our top …
When to Ask for Help
Does everyone remember the straight line I had in my front garden and how much I wanted to rid myself of it? Well, it is straight …
February Garden Bloggers’ Muse Day
"My personal endeavour is so to choose and combine my plants that at no time from early March to November shall the garden be …
Sledding on Thin Ice
Well, the sun is now shining, but earlier this week, we had winter moisture in nearly all of its frozen forms. On Monday, while I …
Flowers Which Never Fade
It's 31F here, and starting tonight, we're supposed to have ice showers, sleet and other slippery stuff for the next two days; so, …