Category Archives: My Garden
TEACHER AND MENTOR: FLOWERS AND NATURE
September 10, 2017
I’ve had some really outstanding teachers in my lifetime, such as my second grade teacher who planted the seed that I was good at math. My junior high gym teacher truly helped me to believe in myself; to know that there was an athlete inside of me, and I didn’t have to be the last one picked when playing dodgeball. In high school I had a teacher who taught me the nuts and bolts of grammar, whi...
Read MoreLET NATURE TAKE OVER
September 03, 2017
It really wasn’t the summer I expected it to be, though that doesn’t mean it was a bad summer, just a different summer. I guess it started with the wonderful intentions of planting my cutting garden early, but it didn’t quite happen that way. As I write this, I am sad that I didn’t get it all done as I’d hoped, but often for me that is the case… I did, however, enjoy planting each curi...
Read MoreFROM A TINY SEED
August 20, 2017
How is it a this small black spec, a tiny seed that I’m holding in the palm of my hand, smaller than the top of a pinhead, will grow to be this flower? How is it that this particular seed is just sown on top of soil, and after 7 to 14 days of water and sunshine this black spec will start to germinate? As interesting characters from a good novel evolve, so does this flower. This tiny dot will ...
Read MoreNO WEEDING REQUIRED
July 02, 2017
I love my perennial and cutting gardens in Vermont. There is always something to be planning all year round. I get the chance to peruse the flowers and seeds at the local garden centers and catalogs, plan each garden, play in the dirt, and watch a living painting emerge in our backyard, giving me joy all spring, summer and fall. Yet another lesson flowers have to teach me: to let go and let it ha...
Read MoreFLOWER QUOTE: WITH FREEDOM, BOOKS, FLOWERS
June 12, 2017
MY TWO CENTS With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy.… I find it easy to take for granted all that I have, and Oscar Wilde’s quote reminds me to be grateful and happy for those most precious things and also family and friends. I don’t know for sure, but I assume this quote was written after his time in prison as that would be a most appropriate perspective on life...
Read MoreFLOWER QUOTE: FLOWERS LEAVE
June 05, 2017
MY TWO CENTS Flowers leave some of their fragrance in the hand that bestows them… One interpretation of this quote is that there is no act of kindness that goes unrewarded. I read it to mean more or less the same, that by giving, it is amazing what you can receive back. I know by sharing flowers you will always be giving a smile and receiving one too. When was the last time you gave someone a s...
Read MorePLAYING IN THE DIRT
May 28, 2017
This quote perfectly captures one of the many things I love about gardening: playing in the dirt and smelling like it. In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. ~ Margaret Atwood As I prepare for a day of gardening, I start the day looking pretty normal (that is for me) with my hair twisted and clipped up, sunscreen on, dressed in a black top and shorts (for obvious reas...
Read MoreFLOWER QUOTE: THE FLOWER DOESN’T DREAM
March 20, 2017
MY TWO CENTS The flower doesn't dream... No it doesn't, it does the hard work of blooming and growing into its full and amazing potential and receives the bee as its reward to continue on. How lovely the relationship is between the flower and the bee. For me this quote reminds me that I must do the hard work to attract the "bee", and I can only hope I have, when it comes to Floating Petals. ...
Read MoreFlower Quote: Plant Your Own
December 05, 2016
MY TWO CENTS There is so much truth in her words to "plant your own garden". We each must create our own happiness first. And though this is a metaphor, I found creating and growing my own cutting garden has brought much joy to my own life and definitely decorated my soul. ABOUT THE AUTHOR This quote is part of a poem by Veronica A. Shoffstall. Though her poem is quite popular, the author ...
Read MoreSleeping Through The Summer
September 08, 2015
All summer long I’m thinking about my gardens outside: enjoying their beauty, weeding them, and thinking about what I can add to them next year. What I forget about are the winter forced bulbs that are on the shelf in our garage, where they are doing their thing: resting and rejuvenating for the upcoming fall and winter. I’m pretty sure I forget about them, as it’s not a pretty shelf: a shel...
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