In Paradise: Judy Miller’s new blog
by Kathy Purdy on February 26, 2008
Judy Miller, owner of Paradise Gardens Rare Plant Nursery and occasional contributor to this blog, has started one of her own: In Paradise. If you’ve enjoyed her writing here, or if you garden in the mountainous west of North America, you’ll want to check it out.
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Kathy Purdy discovered the joys of writing in fourth grade, when she started corresponding with a former classmate. She's been writing letters ever since, first on looseleaf, then electronically, and now as weblog entries. That makes you, the blog reader, her pen pal. Her first independent (though frustrating) attempts at gardening were made in high school, though the gardening bug didn't bite hard until her mid-thirties, when she found herself mistress of a rural home on 15 acres. •
USDA Hardiness Zone:4 • AHS Heat Zone: 3 • Location: rural;
Southern Tier of NY • Geographic type: foothills of Appalachian
Mountains • Soil Type: acid clay • Experience level:
intermediate
• Particular interests: colchicums, narcissus, cottage gardening, NY
native plants, gardening with/for children
. . . some gardens are more fantastic than others, and a very few are so fantastic that they seem to be more about fantasy than about gardening. Like a play within a play, these gardens comment on the nature of illusion, the mechanics of mesmerization, the mystery of why and how the simple act of cordoning off space and time can charge them so highly with meaning.
Valerie Easton
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I subscribe too
I’m always on the hunt for gardeners in a similar zone. I have a lot to learn!
Yes, I mentioned those soaps around Christmas time.
I especially like the link to the soaps at Paradise Gardens. I can almost smell them. Hmmmm.
A great new blog to read. I subscribed in my feed reader.