Mountain Garden
Recent Stories
Ginny Neil
Edging Up to Happiness
You can bury a lot of troubles by digging in the dirt. — unknown more
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Where the Wild Things Grow
Eat leeks in March and wild garlic in May, and all the year after physicians may play. —Old Welsh Rhyme more
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Growing Forgiveness
My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them. —Mitch Hedberg more
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Zoning Out
I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house. —Nathaniel Hawthorne more
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A Sense of Wonder
It's easy to feel wonder-struck in a garden - especially if you cultivate delight. -Diane Ackerman more
It's All in the Family
The name daisy comes from “day’s eye” because the flower is only open during the day and closes up at night. ~Wikipedia more
The Gathering of the Greens
That time of year thou mayest in me behold, when yellow leaves, or none, or few do hang upon the boughs which shake against the cold. Bare ruined choirs where late the sweet birds sang….William Shakespeare Sonnet 73 more
Fall Beauty
All through autumn we hear a double voice: one says everything is ripe; the other says everything is dying. The paradox is exquisite. We feel what the Japanese call "aware"-an almost untranslatable word meaning something like "Beauty tinged with sadn more
The Wire Grass Wars
When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. ~author unknown more
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The Repurposed Garden
"Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without..." - New England Proverb more
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Grape Joy
"The fair-weather gardener, who will do nothing except when the wind and weather and everything else are favorable, is never master of his [her] craft." - Henry Ellacombe more
