About a zillion years ago, we took the Master Gardener class. Our instructor, LC was a great teacher and a funny guy. He did have rules – several rules. One rule was that we had to use the word “soil”; not dirt, but SOIL! He was very insistent about that. Just to get him stirred ...
Read More | Perennials ForeverIf you’ve read a few of my blogs, you know that my Mammaw features in many of them. It’s not surprising, she’s still in my heart and my history. Mammaw taught by telling stories – she had a real gift and I loved hearing her. So here's a story about the Mayapple fruit and Faerie ...
Read More | Perennials ForeverI may have grown nearly as many weeds as I have grown flowers. We’ve all smiled at the saying “a weed is a flower in the wrong place”, but sometimes, it really is difficult to decide what’s a weed and what’s NOT a weed. This seems especially true when it is (a) a plant new ...
Read More | Perennials ForeverAfter being raised in the backwoods of southern Illinois, Mother always dreamed of having a nice house in a forest – or at least a home with a lot of trees. What she got was a bare piece of hard clay in town. Being somewhat stubborn by nature (I’m being really, really nice here), she ...
Read More | Perennials ForeverI’ve been growing German, or bearded irises for my entire adult life – and trust me, that’s a loooong time! I honestly believe that irises are not only gorgeous, but one of the most trouble free, hardy, not fussy plants a gardener can grow. I’ve planted them in hard clay, in full sun, and in ...
Read More | Perennials ForeverWhen I was much younger, my Dad’s parent’s lived waaay out in the country, at the dead end of a one-lane dirt road. Our three uncles, Dad’s younger brothers, were closer in age to us than to him. In the summer, my brother and I got to visit them for a week or two at ...
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