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Rain

One of the daintiest joys of spring is the falling  of soft rain among blossoms.  –  Mary Webb

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Apr 16 1 comments
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Victory Gardens

In May 1917, President Woodrow Wilson wrote an open letter to the public published in The Garden Magazine.  Here is an excerpt: Every one who creates or cultivates a garden helps, and helps greatly, to solve the problem of feeding the nations… every housewife who practices strict economy puts herself in  the ranks of those […]

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Apr 15 0 comments
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Happiness

The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives.  –  Gertrude Jekyll

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Apr 13 0 comments
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Garden Poetry

My garden will never make me famous I’m a horticultural ignoramous. Ogden Nash (1902 – 71)

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Apr 09 0 comments
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Over the Garden Gate

Don’t kiss over the garden gate. Love is blind….but the neighbor’s ain’t! – Author unknown

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Apr 08 0 comments
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My Green Thumb

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant’s point of view.  ~H. Fred Ale

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Apr 06 0 comments
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Gardens of Childhood

“There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter,the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again.” – Elizabeth Lawrence

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Apr 05 0 comments
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Heaven

“I have often thought that if heaven had given me a choice of my position and calling, it should have been on a rich spot of earth, well watered, and near a good market for the productions of the garden. No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no […]

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There are two lasting bequests we can give our children: one is roots.  The other is wings. –  Hodding Carter, Jr.

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