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How Hardy Souls Wait for Spring

– Posted in: What's up/blooming

The tagline of my blog is "Hardy plants for hardy souls," because you have to be a hardy soul to endure the fits and starts of winter ending and spring arriving. Cold climate gardeners are resilient in the face of adversity and prepared for setbacks before winter is gone for good. Here's how I'm coping. How about you?

How to Have the First Bloom on Your Block: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day March 2015

– Posted in: Design, Mud Season, The Earliest Flowers, What's up/blooming

It is more important to have the first bloom on your block than the first tomato. The first outdoor bloom is a potent morale booster, signifying that the back of winter has been broken. However, to have the very first flower blooming in your neighborhood is not a matter left to chance. You must employ [...]