Showing posts with label letters to gardening friends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label letters to gardening friends. Show all posts

Apr 3, 2017

A letter about bird feeding

A letter about bird feeding



My Dear Flora,

I was so excited the other day to find a nest in my bluebird box that I thought straight-away about writing to tell you about it.

I was out planting some onion sets in the gardem—a little later than I had planned—and decided to peek inside the bluebird box.  To my surprise and delight I found a nest inside, already. I just put it up a few weeks ago.

You can imagine what I did

Aug 28, 2014

The Theory of Seasonal Wildflowers

The Theory of Seasonal Wildflowers



Dear Gail,

Thank you for providing us with Wildflower Wednesday on the fourth Wednesday of the month, reminding us to think about wildflowers for our gardens.

While I was out mowing today, I thought about wildflowers and what I might post about them.  I mowed past some Black-eye Susans (Rudbeckia sp.) and considering posting about them.



Black-eyed Susans

Then I saw the big Joe Pye Weed (