Earliest Snowdrops

Every year in early to mid December, a few snowdrops or galanthus pop up in the little bed by my back porch steps.  Depending on your perspective, they are either the last flowers of the old season or the first flowers of the new season.  I prefer to think of them as a reminder that … Read more

First Things First

I have always envied gardeners who boast that they have something in bloom outdoors 365 days a year.  In a cold winter climate that is just about impossible, unless you count the final fall flower remnants that somehow cling to blackened stems into January.  I call that cheating and I won’t do it.  At least … Read more

Potter’s Prelude

I have always envied those gardeners who brag about having something in bloom three hundred and sixty-five days a year. Living in a cold winter climate, this is not possible for me, unless I count the houseplants and that, in my opinion, would be cheating. The closest I can get, in mild winters, is about … Read more