I woke up to snow this morning... one of winter's end of season visits, just to let Ohio know it is still around. But its days are numbered! I heard one sure sign of spring yesterday- the call of the mourning doves. When I hear that, I know we are on the way out of winter's grip (which was pretty loose this year!) Want to know another sign of Spring? If you have an oak tree that has held onto … [Read more...] about Signs of Spring
Garden Quotations
Too Much Candy Is Probably Not A Good Thing
Too much candy? Why is she writing about this in her garden blog? You can blame it on an article I read on garden writing, Garden Photographs – some problems. And while I am not a big fan of ranting about garden topics, occasionally I read something that resonates with some underground opinion of my own. This essay on today's method of garden writing, which is rampant in garden magazine … [Read more...] about Too Much Candy Is Probably Not A Good Thing
Rattling Cages At Christmas – Anti Lawn Folks
I don't like people to try and whip me into shape. It is my nature. I make no exceptions and that can get me into trouble. Especially with those who are loyal to causes. So when I came across a conversation that rattles some cages I thought "Why not post that?" instead of "I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot pole". - and at Christmastime!I love those who wish to make a positive change in the … [Read more...] about Rattling Cages At Christmas – Anti Lawn Folks
Gladys Tabor’s Wry Yankee Wit
Gladys Tabor was a beloved writer of my mother's generation. She had a homely, yet penetrating way of observing her small world filled with common daily chores. That is one of the things we can love about her writing... and some things are quite true in any generation it seems... which is what makes for good writing. People still love her books Stillmeadow Road and Stillmeadow and … [Read more...] about Gladys Tabor’s Wry Yankee Wit
A Common Point of View
The charming landscape which I saw this morning is indubitably made up of some twenty or thirty farms. Miller owns this field, Locke that, and Manning the woodland beyond. But none of them owns the landscape. There is a property in the horizon which no man has but he whose eye can integrate all the parts, that is, the poet. This is the best part of these men's farms, yet to this their … [Read more...] about A Common Point of View
Frost at Midnight
Therefore all seasons shall be sweet to thee,Whether the summer clothe the general earthWith greenness, or the redbreast sit and singBetwixt the tufts of snow on the bare branchOf mossy apple-tree, while the nigh thatchSmokes in the sun-thaw; whether the eave-drops fallHeard only in the trances of the blast,Or if the secret ministry of frostShall hang them up in silent icicles,Quietly shining to … [Read more...] about Frost at Midnight
Thoughts for an Autumn Day
..and a few pictures from my garden....Isn't it just the most exhilarating thing to be alive in this golden autumn, while flower borders are still rich and full of bloom as they can be, and be able to bridge the thought of a flowerless winter by planning and scheming and dreaming of the spring bulbs and the tulips that are to come? ~Antoinette Perrett, House Beautiful 1922Gardening is a long road, … [Read more...] about Thoughts for an Autumn Day
A Bit Of Garden Wisdom
This is not the time of year to do all this pruning and moving, but insuch a tangled garden it must be done, and now is better than never. ~Katy's Garden … [Read more...] about A Bit Of Garden Wisdom
Thoughts
"Like a big mountain, a small garden stimulates, restores, and delights us, just as it poses challenges, promotes mastery, provides exercise and relieves monotony."~ The Power of Place, Winifred GallagherSummer has now thrown open her emerald doors. Every part of the landscape is profuse in leaves and flowers, and "green-robed senators of mighty woods" are clothed in their most elegant array. ~ … [Read more...] about Thoughts
One of the healthiest ways to gamble is with a spade and a package of garden seeds. -Dan BennettEach spring...a gardening instinct, sure as the sap rising in the trees, stirs within us. We look about and decide to tame another little bit of ground. ~Lewis GanttTechnorati Tags: sayings, … [Read more...] about
Lovely Thoughts for People Who Grow
"There are many tired gardeners but I've seldom met old gardeners. I know many elderly gardeners but the majority are young at heart. Gardening simply does not allow one to be mentally old, because too many hopes and dreams are yet to be realized. The one absolute of gardeners is faith. Regardless of how bad past gardens have been, every gardener believes that next year's will be better. It is … [Read more...] about Lovely Thoughts for People Who Grow
Wisdom In the Garden Online
In the Garden Online: "I've learned an important lesson about being open-minded: a healthy dose of skepticism is a good thing, but missing out on a good thing because of your own stubbornness is a big mistake. Lesson learned."I appreciated this lesson from the garden ... and Colleen's gardening tips on improving the soil- you can do it the hard way or you can do it the easy way.In the Garden … [Read more...] about Wisdom In the Garden Online