joy of gardening

The Gardening Gifts Are What She Wanted

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  …
A Tortoise in the Garden

A Tortoise in the Garden

If you want to see some hilarious animal antics, take a walk through my garden. You'll see squirrels chasing each other up and down the sunflowers, rabbits hopping around in  …
10 Great Blossoms of Gardening Wisdom

10 Great Blossoms of Gardening Wisdom

My favorite thing about being a part of this community is the shared gardening wisdom. Today's piece, "10 Things I Learned from Gardening" is a fun and quirky list of  …
The Joy of Indeterminate Cherry Tomatoes

The Joy of Indeterminate Cherry Tomatoes

Today's story reminds me of one cherry-tomato-heavy Summer: the indeterminate cherry tomatoes just wouldn't die. I had never seen anything like it. The cherry tomatoes were practically begging to be picked,  …
Weeding the Garden Can Be Meditative

Weeding the Garden Can Be Meditative

I love a funny story like everyone else, but so many of the stories submitted to us are about someone moving through trauma or grief with their garden by their  …
Unwelcome Weeds in the Garden

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  …
Plants are People, Too

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  …