Morning is the best of all times in the garden.
The sun is not yet hot. Sweet vapors rise from the earth.
Night dew clings to the soil and makes plants glisten.
Birds call to one another. Bees are already at work.
~William Longgood
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Now every field is clothed with grass, and every tree with leaves; now the woods put forth their blossoms, and the year assumes its gay attire. ~Virgil
Share this post Hide Sites Animals can communicate quite well. And they do. And generally speaking, they are ignored. ~Alice Walker Our yard is home to many everyday varieties of wildlife: birds, squirrels, chipmunks and such. We’ve come to appreciate them and have even given many of them names. We consider them our backyard [...] Weather means more when you have a garden. There’s nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in around your green beans. ~Marcelene Cox
Do you remember the first seed you ever planted? Mine was a bean seed. I grew [...] Happiness is sharing a bowl of cherries and a book of poetry with a shade tree. He doesn’t eat much and doesn’t read much, but listens well and is a most gracious host. ~Astrid Alauda
Cherries! The mere mention of the word conjures images of summer sun, picnics, and [...] Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ~Marcel Proust
I let a small milestone pass by without even a notice. Perhaps because I was busy with spring planting, birthdays and holidays that a semi-anniversary slipped quietly by [...] “May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day. May songbirds serenade you every step along the way. May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that’s always blue. And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.” ~Old Irish Blessing Herbaceous perennials are plants that die [...] To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat. ~Beverly Nichols
Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise. ~Alice Walker As April showers once again bring forth green from the earth, they never cease to reveal a surprise or two. A tender annual that has re-seeded, a heat loving tropical that managed to overwinter in a sheltered spot and those plants “left behind” for compost [...] At the end of January I joined a group of fellow garden bloggers in the seed GROW project. We were each supplied free “Spitfire” nasturtium seeds from Renee’s Garden to grow out together through the season. We’ll report our progress on the first Sunday of each month via our blogs. To follow the fun see [...] |
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