A lifetime supply of plant labels

A lifetime supply of plant labels

gardening

Whole lotta pink columbine

Dreams do come true.

Way back on Easter, as I was lowering the blinds on the back door, the string holding them together on one side broke.  Not wanting to have that particular door without blinds, I decided to move the blinds from the same size door in the sunroom to the back door until I had time to buy a replacement blind.

Then the string on the sunroom door

How to lure enchantment to your garden

How to lure enchantment to your garden

gardening Humor

Clematis integrifolia

Do you know what your garden sounds like?

You might think it sounds like birds singing and bees buzzing. And you might be right if your garden is ordinary and by ordinary, I mean lacking in enchantment.

But if your garden has that element of enchantment that many gardeners seek, it may sound like the soft ringing that can be heard if you listen intently to bell-shaped

Mrs. Belmont's Farm for Women

Mrs. Belmont's Farm for Women

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"Within three days last week no less then 210 girls made up their minds they wanted to be farmers.  The 210 came from many different social classes, but for the most part they were women of education."  ~The New York Times,  March 5, 1911

I've fallen down a rather deep rabbit hole and then took another plunge into the history of Mrs. Belmonts' Farm for Woman, also known as the Brookholt School

Lessons from Flowers: Don't be afraid to be different

Lessons from Flowers: Don't be afraid to be different

gardening Humor

Every time I step out into my garden, it teaches me a lesson.

Today's lesson from the flowers is don't be afraid to be different.

Different is the new black!

Different is the new green!

So what if none of the other neighbors grow vegetables? If you want to plant a big ol' vegetable garden and grow enough zucchini for yourself and the entire block, by all means, do it.

You might be

Time for some change?

Time for some change?

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Is it time for some change in your garden?

I think it is time for some change in my garden.

More details in the weeks ahead...

In the meantime, look at all the change I've already found in my garden!





 

Ideas grow in the winter garden

Ideas grow in the winter garden

gardening Humor

An idea growing in my garden

Every winter, I plant seeds for ideas to harvest and use in the garden.

Ideas are pretty easy to grow.

They don't seem to mind the cold temperatures. In fact, sometimes they grow best on the coldest days while I'm inside reading a good gardening book or two or three.

And if it snows and I can't go anywhere? That's when I usually see a lot of growth on the

Plants: Time to Value and Length of Value

Plants: Time to Value and Length of Value

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A tree's LoV is a long, long time, hopefully

I've been thinking about plants.

In particular I've been thinking about how long it takes a plant to "deliver its value" once you bring it home and plant it.  By deliver its value, I mean the time it takes for a flower to bloom, for a tree to offer its shade, for a shrub to reach its potential or for a vegetable to be ready to eat.

I'm stealing a