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To many gardeners, seed catalogues are the most accurate depiction we have of the Garden from which humans were expelled.
NY Times editorial 10 Jan 2011

Did my plant make it through the winter?

by Kathy Purdy on May 8, 2009

We have to stand still in a garden and listen to its rhythms, look for the signs and symbols and meanings, hear its utterances. We have to look down and up, notice the needles and the haystacks.
Brian Bixley, Essays on Gardening in a Cold Climate

Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day April 2009

by Kathy Purdy on April 15, 2009

[Colchicums] are sort of like the nuts in my cookies... I don't think about them a lot, but I'd certainly miss them if they weren't there.
Don of An Iowa Garden
Low maintenance is for homeowners, not gardeners!
Susan Harris of Garden Rant

Small Gifts: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day April 2008

by Kathy Purdy on April 15, 2008

And though one has begun to search for signs of spring almost since January, and to receive them, like postcards sent on a long voyage to home, it is with the greening of the grass that spring has, finally, certainly arrived.
Joe Eck, Wayne Winterrowd in A Year at North Hill

Good-bye, Corydalis, I hardly knew ye

by Kathy Purdy on May 6, 2007

Getting rid of poor plants is as important as seeking out the best.
Elizabeth Lawrence

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