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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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