This post is not about gardening. Well, maybe. For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been systematically pruning my life: clothes, pantry items, papers, magazines and books. Oh dear God, the books. From the time I learned to read, it has been my hands-down favorite thing to do. As a child, there wasn’t much money […]
Volunteers
Years ago, I planted vinca vine in a pot and it spread into the neighboring flower beds. The upside? I haven’t had to buy vincas in ages. I just dig up part of it and put it in whatever pot needs some trailing elements. When a plant self-propagates like that, it’s said to volunteer. Working […]
Blue Moment
There’s a house in my neighborhood with a rather unusual lawn. Each spring, for about a week, the entire yard is a carpet of tiny blue flowers. If you think it looks good, it smells even better. . . . . . . . . . I’ve been struck by this lawn year after […]
Equinox
The first day of spring is as good a day as any to stop and take a closer look the world around me. Today my garden is full of amazing new things, consumed with the business of being alive. Do you know how many times I’ve “weeded” this ground cover? And I never realized that […]
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