A little rain stirs magic in a garden. There is no doubt that ozone and rainwater are much better than an irrigation system no …
Spring chores
It's a fine spring day. Time to do chores, like removing the leaves from the shade beds, feeding the roses and daylilies, and …
Dear Friends and Gardeners, March 29, 2010
Dear Carol, Mary Ann and all of our friends, Good Morning Sunshines! That's how my mother would greet me nearly every school …
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Pruning roses is a bit like parenting teenagers
Both hurt. This afternoon, I untangled the wreck between Rosa 'The Fairy' and R. 'Carefree Delight' (a thornier beast never …
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The Dowager Duchess must be freed
Today was the day. The wind was calm, and the sun shined down upon my quest. My first rose in the back garden, 'Cl. Old Blush', …
Dear friends and gardeners, 2010, week one
Does anyone remember the series of letters Carol from May Dreams Gardens and Mary Ann from Gardens of the Wild, Wild West and I …
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Garden questions from a reader moving to Oklahoma
A reader, Molly, wrote me the sweetest email, and because I thought her questions reflected others I'd received, I thought I'd …
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‘Carefree Beauty’ rose
Tired of hearing about cold and snow? Me too. Instead, let us speak of times past, particularly of summer, when the garden posed …
Why ‘Old Blush’ is also called Common Monthly
Some roses are simply easy to love. Rosa chinensis 'Old Blush', supposedly hardy to USDA Zone 6 (and definitely to Zone 7a), goes …
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, colorful November
[Please click on the photos in the gallery to make them larger] I managed to delude myself for the past few weeks imagining it …
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Mish Mash Monday: it feels like spring
In my garden, it feels like June. Today's high temperature was 78F. All the doors are open to the warm breeze. You would think …
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Of red-shouldered hawks and late roses
This majestic creature (now correctly identified by Lisa at Greenbow as a Red-shouldered hawk) sat outside my kitchen window …
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