Today my blog was profiled on Gina Chen’s Family Life Blog, based in Syracuse, NY.
The Syracuse area played an important part in my growing up, where I made my first attempts at gardening at our home in Manlius. I bet the winter aconites I planted still bloom by the front steps and the daffodils I hoped to naturalize still bloom in the backyard.
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About the Author
Kathy Purdy is a colchicum evangelist, converting unsuspecting gardeners into colchicophiles. She gardens in rural upstate NY, which used to be USDA Hardiness Zone 4 but is now Zone 5. Kathy’s been writing since 4th grade, gardening since high school, and blogging since 2002. Find her on Instagram as kopurdy.
In its own way, frost may be one of the most beautiful things to happen in your garden all year . . . Don’t miss it. Like all true beauty, it is fleeting. It will grace your garden for but a short while this morning. . . . For this moment, embrace frost as the beautiful gift that it is.
~Philip Harnden
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Hi Kathy,
How cool to get some new readers from a place you once gardened.
I loved your article about gardening with kids – the last line was brilliant and absolutely true.
Long may those aconites grow and bloom.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
I was already a reader, but it’s great that your blog has been recognized by the Post-Standard.
I can’t wait for my winter aconite to bloom. This morning I was scouring the freshly-thawed earth in the garden looking for any sign of spring. Didn’t see much, but I certainly heard a lot; today marks the day of the first singing cardinal for me 🙂 Now I know spring is surely not too far off.