It’s the Little Things
Sometimes it’s the little things. All right, a lot of the time it is the little things … This morning, I was in the bathroom trying to get my seven-year-old …
greenprints
The Holiday Newsletter
Every winter, certain jet-setter friends of ours enclose a holiday newsletter in their Christmas card. This year’s concluded: "Although free time is pretty hard to come by since Christine’s promotion, …
The Gift of a Wreath
For their Christmas holiday project, Cassie’s California Blue Bird troop planned to visit a nursing home. “Folks in nursing homes are often too old or too sick to be home …
12 Poinsettias of Christmas Cartoon
On the first day of Christmas my neighbor gave to me a poinsettia! How lovely! On the second day of Christmas my best friend gave to me a poinsettia! Golly …
Mistletoe Cartoon
The word "mistletoe" comes from the Anglo-Saxon "mistel," or missel thrush, plus "tan," or twig. Really! The missel thrush is a bird that eats the mistletoe berries and sometimes deposits …
Unwelcome Weeds in the Garden
Oof, today's story got me. Weeds in the garden aren't usually a big deal to me, particularly the flowering ones, even if they offer up hay fever.
But the surprise crop …
Poinsettiacide
Read by Michael Flamel
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The Christmas tree was hauled away long ago, the decorations boxed in the attic (except for the one you missed), the gifts long since exchanged for …
Simple Gifts
I worry about my garden in the winter. Most people don't. Most gardeners find January the one month that they can wrap themselves in a quilt next to the fire, …
Plants are People, Too
Plants are people too, you know! I mean, maybe not exactly. I've never heard one talk, though maybe their mouths are just so tiny we can't hear them. What I …
Not Your Typical Garden Story
It's hard not to think about life and death in the garden because you're witnessing it over and over throughout the growing season. My garden story is that each year …
