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Category Archives: Roads of the Gardens
Seek Them Among the Flowers (Fairies)
Fairies have always facsinated me. Even when I was growing up, I never thought of them as the chubby little winged babies or children or the Tinkerbelle-type. I always pictured them as beautiful creatures that resembled young females with extraordinary … Continue reading
Posted in Roads Less Traveled, Roads of the Gardens, Uncategorized
Tagged adult belief faires, art fairies, art fairy, art meadows, art woodlands, fairies, fairy gardens, fairy instruments, flowers fairies, meadows, pen art, pencil art, tinker-belle like fairies, woods fairies, woods meadows
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The Winter of Our Discontent
Yep. It is snowing again. Lightly, thirty-four degrees and sometimes it switches to fat raindrops. This has been the longest winter/not spring. We had eighty degree weather, then back to snow, it was too wet to garden, now it is … Continue reading
Posted in Roads Always Traveled, Roads of Events, Roads of Minnesota, Roads of the Gardens
Tagged ag community, community school, depression long winter, depression winter, dog allergy meds, dog benadryl, farmers anxious to plant, farmers planting, garden under snow, hawaii long winter, hot humid summer, key west, key west escape winter, lingering winter, main street, no camping, no gardening, no spring, small town hospital, tulips peeking through, winter, Winter discontent, winter dragging on, winter in april, winter snow rain, winter still
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Gone in 60 Seconds
This phrase best describes my family when I start to utter the words “I need some help in the garden/yard…..”. by the time I have gotten this much out, I realize I am talking to my self. They have scattered … Continue reading
Posted in Roads of Family, Roads of the Gardens
Tagged garden snakes, gone in seconds, help in gardens, Mom gardens, painting mom, planting gardens, raising kids, wallpaper hanging
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A Rose by Any Other Name
Polar Joy, Polar Heartache. Written April 2009 A few years ago, the wholesale company of Bailey’s Nursery, located here in MN, developed a new tree rose that was supposed to be winter hardy. Trust me, out here on the prairie, … Continue reading
Posted in Roads of the Gardens, Uncategorized
Tagged Bailey Nursery, clematis climbing rose, clematis trellis, gardening zone 4, growingzone4, Polar Joy rose, sevensistersrose, shortlivedperennial, skeleton tree, spring clean up, trellisroses, trial rose garden
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And…so, we garden.
Today was the first day I have actually gotten down and dirty, started cleaning up the yard with my trusted gardening companion Eilsa beside me and made I some strange discoveries. This happens every year. Last year I noticed my … Continue reading
Posted in Roads of the Gardens, Uncategorized
Tagged flower production, George Vancouver rose, hardy roses, lawn mower, Miss Kim Lilac, misspent youth, mowing the lawn, shastadaisies, Spring gardening, stella d'oro daylily, steroids, trellises tame plants
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