• Archive for May, 2009

    The Good Life

    by  • May 20, 2009 • Miscellaneous • 5 Comments

    You know you’re living the good life when: 1. You can enjoy the amazing fragrance of a bouquet of flowers for your desk every week from May through September. 2. You can eat delicate, flavorful mesclun salads for lunch several days a week. 3. You can enjoy mint tea anytime you want it. 4. You [...]

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    Remembering Eleanor Perenyi

    by  • May 8, 2009 • Miscellaneous • 2 Comments

    “As I look about me, I have reason to believe I belong to a vanishing species. Gardens like mine, which go by the unpleasing name of ‘labor intensive,’ are on their way out and before they go, I would like to contribute my penny’s worth to their history.” “I can’t resist them (asters, in this [...]

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    The Great Violet Debate

    by  • May 7, 2009 • Miscellaneous • 11 Comments

    I was gabbing with a few gardenbloggers on Twitter the other night about, of all things, wild violets. It began with Mr. Brown Thumb sharing a photo of a violet and saying that he kind of feels bad about ripping them out. I related that I included wild violets in a post about weed control [...]

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