Hello Dear Garden Loving Friends! We are at the cusp of the year, and I greet you as garden-loving, rather than gardening, since some of us -as John so wisely remarked to me- have had a few barriers to doing as much as we might have wished in the garden this year. For some of […]
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The Frugal Gardener
Stuart asked “What was your best plant bargain?” and as a frugal gardener I have had a few. It is hard to just pick one, things being relative :) Last year I picked up some lovely hydrangeas I’d been wanting… for about five dollars each, in large containers. I’m always looking over the specials and […]
Giving You the Update
Here it is -November! Ever since 2003 when my father was hospitalized and then died, my ability to pay attention to the garden has been in regression. I remember when the author of “turning earth” had lost her sister and she had a time when her garden was put on a back burner. I don’t […]
Gardening is Childs-play
Passing on a Love of Gardening Or it could be, if you encourage your children to garden with you. Learning to love the garden and the outdoors in general isn’t so hard to cultivate. Children have natural curiosity and usually a liking for the outdoors… but the trick is to get them to dig the […]
