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Do We Really Need To Dumb Down Gardening? 22 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Putting Everything On The Level Of Garden Catalogs Do we really have to hype gardening with lots of meaningless superlatives? Run on the quests of finding "the latest trend"? Or promote that everyth....
New Weeding Tools 20 Aug 2013 | 11:24 pm
Lost and Never Found Cape Cod Weeder I'm not blaming anybody. The Lord knows how many times I have misplaced my tools, and how often I have left something thinking I will be back, but couldn't m...
August Lilies 14 Aug 2013 | 07:54 pm
Lilies are one of the main joys of August, if you ask me. These are not the blooms of the Asian lilies that come earlier in the season, but those lushly fragrant Oriental lilies and the tall spires o...
One Thing I Miss In Blogging 13 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
Stream in the park on a sunny day. You know what I miss about the older way of blogging? The blogroll. It used to be my favorite way of discovering garden blogs to read, and keep up with ones I like....
Why Your Plants Die 12 Aug 2013 | 08:42 pm
Graves At Dawes Arboretum If I looked at the list in my Plant Cemetery I might be led to believe I have a black thumb instead of a green one. I've lost that many plants. This is not a confession to r...
Going To My First Garden Blogger Conference 24 Jul 2013 | 08:29 pm
For Garden Bloggers I always wanted to attend one of those Garden Blogger conferences that have been held in years past, but could never work out all the logistics. Now there is an official sort of ....
Globe Thistles And Other Nice Looking Xeriscape Plants 16 Jul 2013 | 12:30 pm
The last post was about thistles, since I had been hard at work in the garden getting rid of as many as I possibly could manage, but there are lovely garden flowers that have thistle characteristics w...
Canadian Thistles, Are They The Bane Of Your Garden? 15 Jul 2013 | 12:00 pm
I don't know anyone who says they like this plant. We all call it a weed, and doggedly work to eradicate it from our yards. That has been one of my occupations of late, and I find there is something ...
Weather Is The Topic Of Conversation 14 Jul 2013 | 05:32 am
I feel like the weather is the main topic of conversation in Ohio this year. It always has its vagaries, but this year just seems extreme. We have had so much rain that I feel like I live in a rainfo...
Announcement- But I don't know why I'm so excited! 21 Jun 2013 | 09:39 pm
Okay . For many years now I have been planning to create a newsletter. They fascinate me. But the trouble has been that I didn't want to waste my time or others and just push out stuff that is the r...
