Peas… Pllease!
I continually admit, I don’t know what I’m doing! I’m just a person who loves to play in the dirt and watch pants grit. I’m not a master gardener. There must be a staggering amount if basic gardening rules which I just don’t know. Take peas for instance. It’s mid-winter here in middle Georgia. Just…
Gardening, aka, Playing in the Dirt
Childhood Bliss As a child, I loved to play in the dirt. I found many a happy place to do so: the sandbox, unpaved driveways, ditches, puddles. I consider the near omnipresence of dirt to be one of the best perks of living in the county. At one point, our neighbors dug out a space…
Why Garden Anyway
Why garden at all? That’s a simple question to answer! Because it’s fun! “What is Spring? New growth in everything.” (Gerard Manley Hopkins) Gardening is a constant participation in Spring. A gardener is continually in the service of growing things, be the current season Spring, Winter, Summer or Fall. Ok, I admit. There are a…
The Ultimate-Ultimate Master Gardener
I’ll begin with a quote from one of the worst books ever written: “We must cultivate our garden. I read Candide in college and abhorred it! There’s only one book that I have ever wanted to burn and this was it. My husband, however, says he thought it hilarious. The explanation for our polemic opinions?…