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Three Sisters Garden in July Garden Notes It happens every year, August hits and I am ready to harvest and move on to other things, like wor...

The Heirloom Gardener , by John Forti - I've been following John Forti, the Heirloom Gardener, on Facebook and Instagram for a few years...

Garden Notes This week's star native is Bee Balm (aka Wild Bergamot). This fragrant perennial comes in lots of colors, has spikey flower...

Author Tracy Chevalier not only never repeats herself when it comes to her historical novels, diving into drastically different time periods...

  Constance at Staircase Wit mentioned  Niccolò Rising , by Dorothy Dunnett, as a potential summer read, and that reminded me that it was on...

Blanketflower First, a Garden Note This week's star native is Gaillardia, known to her friends as Blanketflower. She loves full sun and ...

  Fiona, the sentry guard dragon Last year, I spent my gardening budget on installing the native garden, the plants and all the fixin's,...

Garden Notes This week's star native is evening primrose. The particular species I planted last year is  Oenothera howardii ( Howard...

  Rocky Mt Penstemon in the Native Garden Garden Notes The June-gloom that started the month meant lots of rain for the emerging garden. Her...

 I just finished two books that deal directly with slavery--both were gut wrenching, powerful, and left me angry that we are still fighting ...