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Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for February 2026.
Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we’ve been enjoying warmer temperatures this past week, melting a bunch of the snow that was still hanging around from late January.
Late on Friday, I walked around the back lawn half-heartedly looking for the first crocuses, thinking ...
Once again, we garden fairies must step in to save this blog from becoming stale and stagnant, boring and bothersome.
And we will do just that by providing an update of sorts and perhaps answering a few questions that have been asked by discerning, curious readers along the way.
But first, Seedy and Soddy thought we should share a picture of the moth...
Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for January 2026.
Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we are enjoying a mild winter. There’s no snow on the ground, and the frigid temperatures of early December are forgotten, for now.<...
The old rabbit, Twenty-Five, stood just inside the garden gate, waiting for Twenty-Six to arrive and take over the garden. As he stood with his bag in hand, he checked his watch and the list he’d made for the handover at midnight.
He knew from his own ...
Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for December 2025.
Here in my USDA Hardiness zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we are cold and snow-covered, so the only picture I have of the garden was taken from inside looking out.
The outside temp...