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Mr. McGregor’s Daughter has organized a house plant census so I have dutifully counted up my indoor plants, including various hyacinth and narcissus bulbs. Included in my collection of house plants are some treasured plants that I have had for 23 plus years

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House Plant Census at May Dreams Gardens

A little chatter overheard amongst the various indoor plants here at May Dreams Gardens… “Oh, look, I’m blooming! I’m so pretty and I love my name. ‘Blossom Peacock’. Don’t I look just divine, ready for a big ol’ par-tee! Really, I’m just the prettiest… Oh no! I don’t have any leaves.

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What the Plants Are Really Saying.

This Coreopsis ‘Moonbeam’ grows and blooms beside the entrance to my garden all summer long. I’ll use it to remind myself that this is the year I’m planting by the phases of the moon. By the way, this doesn’t mean I’m going to plant at night under a full moon or anything odd like that.

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Hoeing by the Light of the Moon

Alrighty now, I’ve enjoyed Winter but now it is time for it to go. Unfortunately, the calendar seems stuck on January and then there is February with all its snow and ice followed by half of March before Spring arrives. Between now and then, I need to figure out a way to get my hands in the dirt, to smell some fresh flowers and plants, to get off my winter duff and get some exercise so I am

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I’ve Enjoyed Winter, But Now It Is Time For It To Go

The door creaked as I slowly opened it, announcing to any who might be inside the shed that someone was entering. I could imagine garden fairies scurrying to their hiding places and actually saw a few meadow mice as they disappeared through a small hole in the wall. Who knew when sunlight had last lit the interior of that shed?

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Achieving Happiness in Your Garden: The Conclusion

I was going through a big stack of clay pots one day, sorting them by size and wondering where they all came from. Since most of the plants I’ve purchased in the last umpteen years were generally grown in plastic pots, I found it hard to believe that I had so many of these clay pots, but I did. Some I got from my Dad.

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Achieving Happiness in Your Garden: The Fifth Secret

I couldn’t believe I had been so careless, so cavalier, about one of my old hoes! Normally, I don’t try to use the older hoes for any actual hoeing, especially those with their original wood handles, for fear that the handles will snap off. But for some reason, I felt almost compelled to try out this one particular hoe. I still can’t explain why.

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Achieving Happiness in Your Garden: The Third Secret

One fall day, when the sky was quite blue and half the leaves were still on the trees and half were on the ground, I went out to the garden with rake in hand. I wasn’t planning to do a lot of raking, but merely wanted an excuse to be out in the garden on a beautiful day. As I poked around at the leaves, raking up little piles here and there, my rake suddenly got caught on something.

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Achieving Happiness in Your Garden: The First Secret

I have discovered the five secrets to achieving happiness in your garden. One day last spring, I found a key and used it to unlock the door to a long-ago abandoned garden shed. As I opened the door, a ray of sunlight fell upon an old potting bench, and on that bench was a small, non-descript book bound in green leather with gold writing

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The Five Secrets to Achieving Happiness In Your Garden

A few questions and answers about Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day Dear Hortense, My garden has been frozen in places where it wasn’t supposed to freeze. Should I skip Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day on the 15th? Frozen in Austin

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Yes, There Will Be A Bloom Day After "The Freeze"