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 From The Editor
Time for a little visit with our old friend Janus, the two-faced Roman god and eponymous source for the first month of the year. With the unique gift of being able to look in two directions at once, he is the perfect symbol for a month in which we forge ahead while also casting a couple of wistful glances over our shoulders towards the year just past.
Especially is this true of gardeners. Keep reading >>
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Here it is, a couple days after Christmas, and I can see that I’m going to have a bumper crop of forget-me-nots among the tulips this spring. The forget-me-nots are annuals that have been self-seeding in my garden for years, and when there are enough of them, they form an attractive foot-tall light blue haze over the front garden bed. Eventually the plants start getting leggy, the foliage loses its luster and I uproot them, always trying to leave a few to drop their seeds for the next year’s display. Sometime during the fall they germinate, and by December they’re about a half inch tall with inch-long leaves, just waiting for winter to be over so they can bloom. Keep Reading>> |
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Garden Inspiration
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“…fall is also a spectacular time. Colors ranging from reds, oranges, yellows and browns emerge from the diverse plant palette and reflect against the rich green colors of the evergreens.”
–Tony Culliton
Read more in our November/December story "Simply Grand".
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