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Cold Climate Gardening Books: New Titles
You can find many great gardening books, but when you see instructions such as “plant early spring and thin in April” and think “April early Spring […]
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How to Have Fragrant Lily of the Valley in Winter
Stand back, amaryllis. Amaryllis, step back. The lily of the valley is ready to take over. Yes, lily-of-the-valley! After my hyacinths bulbs rotted last winter and my amaryllis were clearly not […]
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Visit the Secret Garden with Me
You’re right, I posted yesterday. You can watch the video below to see how short this post will be. I was inspired by Layanee’s idea of […]
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When is the gardening season over?
Four days ago, I complained about our first snowfall on Facebook. My friend teased, “Well you are the cold-climate gardener.” Yes, I am, and-I believe-a hardy person. This […]
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(Not )Learning from My Mistakes
. Let’s begin with the positives. The Christmas cactus has never bloomed better. It has doubled or tripled the number of blooms it had in […]
Niki Jabbour’s Veggie Garden Remix Review and Book Giveaway
Niki Jabour’s Veggie Garden Remix offers a refreshing alternative to the usual “that won’t grow there” refrain. She describes 224 Plants to Add Variety, Flavor and Fun and tells […]
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Rose Purgatory
Rose Purgatory, also known as Rose Purgatory, is a place where roses that are bad can go to redeem themselves. Why is a rose […]
Lily-of-the-Valley Dressed up for a Party
You’re welcome. I’m happy you liked my post about forcing Lily-of-the Valley. In that first post, I did not tell you that I had other plans […]
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Snowdrop Addicts can get their fix at the Galanthus Gala
In 1997, Mona Wysocki sent me a “sod”, or a small amount of snowdrops (Galanthus Nivalis), about the size and shape of a large salad plate. It was […]
The biggest surprise of my life
My daughter told me that the family wanted to celebrate my 60th birthday after my trip because “technical problems.” I said “sure,” but I thought […]
