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A Poem About a Garden’s Defiant Beauty in its Final Stand
"Last Gasp" by Bill Hengst is a vivid and captivating poem about a garden that personifies its final burst of life and color before the onset of Winter. The poem …
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This Was No Common Garden Caterpillar
If you're looking for a common garden caterpillar, the Monarch butterfly caterpillar is not it. The caterpillar is colorful and distinct, with horizontal black, yellow, and white stripes. While that …
The Welcome of Farmhouse Flowers
I've always found wildflowers and farmhouse flowers to be some of the most beautiful sights, if for no other reason than the brilliant array of colors. Sunshine yellow, deep purple, …
He Was No Ordinary Gardener
As a gardener, Easter is an extra special holiday. It's a celebration of Spring, when the flowers are coming into bloom, the robins are singing, and blue skies are on …
A Harvest Symphony at Il Giardino Segreto
The sun hung low in the Tuscan sky, casting a warm golden glow over the sprawling landscape. Nestled among the rolling hills was Il Giardino Segreto, an enchanting Italian country-style …
Looking Back at Pandemic Gardening
As flower gardeners, we take comfort and respite in the fact that some things remain constant: watching our favorite perennials bloom again each Spring, getting lost in the beauty of …
A Year in Vegetable Gardening: Harvesting Memories and Planting Dreams
Today is the perfect time for fruit and vegetable gardeners to reflect on the past year and look ahead to the next growing season. The journey of nurturing plants from …
“Heirloom” Garden Planning Tools: From Pen and Paper to Companion Planting
Planning a garden can be a real adventure! Picture this: some veggies like their personal space, while others are quite the social butterflies in your garden. And don't even get …
Are French Raspberries Really All That?
Oh gosh, I picked today's story, "Filching Fruit in France" for the chuckle. Like all of Mike McGrath's submissions, this one is a doozy of a story that you're not …
The Gardening Gifts Are What She Wanted
I love getting gardening gifts for Christmas. If I think back, my favorites have been my hori-hori knife, and any one of my hydroponic gardens. I certainly get a new …
