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The Little Tulips

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In 1957, Elizabeth Lawrence, a great American gardener and garden writer published The Little Bulbs: A Tale of Two Gardens. It is a small book, as befits its subject, but eloquent on the topic of small plants and big friendships. The Little Bulbs is still available from used book outlets and is well worth investigating. … Read more

Lady Tulips

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The bulb shipments have all arrived now, which is like Christmas coming early.  Little brown bags and mesh sacks litter the table on the covered part of the back porch where only a month ago we ate weekend lunches and dinners. Now it is home to all kinds of spring-blooming treasures. One of those small … Read more