Can You Spell Maianthemum?

I finally learned how to pronounce smilacina right, and now it’s gone; the whole genus has been been moved lock, stock, and barrel, to the genus maianthemum. This is Maianthemum japonicum; it is the Asian version of…

Can You Spell Maianthemum?

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The Day Before Spring Flower

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Yesterday was improbably cold and bitter, with a thin blanket of new snow in the morning, stinging sleet driven by swirling winds in the afternoon, and a high temperature barely above freezing. not the most p…

Squirrel Math

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I’ve always thought early, small crocuses are best when they are scattered here and there as if they popped up randomly on their own. Well, I (or I should say WE) have achieved that effect in the garden. the other h…

A Gardener's Lifetime

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Gardening, by nature isn’t known for dealing out a lot of instant gratification (well, maybe trays of pansies from Walmart might be an exception). There are even some things in the garden that require almost a…

Don't Worry, Bee Happy…

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We have been given a brief reprieve from this morass of cold and cloudiness that we’ve found ourselves stuck in this spring. brief because we are to have only two days of sun, then snow and cold are to return. G…

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