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WHITE IRIS As I look down my garden walk I see white iris stalk on stalk Lifting their heads in clear surprise At a white swarm of...

Mother Nature can be capricious at times. The April 1st snowstorm here in the Northeast is an example of her volatile nature. After a...

The crazy, stormy weather seems to have lessened. March decided to come in fairly quietly, and the snow has finally begun to melt. It's...

As the light grows longer The cold grows stronger If Candlemas be fair and bright Winter will have another flight If Candlemas be cloud...

"The astrologers went into the child's inn, and found him with his mother. Then with prostrate bodies they worshipped Christ, and opened...

"Every year at just this time, In cold and dark December, Families around the world All gather to remember, With presents and with...

"A beautiful and happy girl, With step as light as summer air, Eyes glad with smiles, and brow of pearl, Shadowed by many a careless curl...

"Come, said Fiacre Colman Walk gently in my garden, Meditate under the linden tree, And listen to the bumble bee. In my garden you will...

"When the goldenrod is yellow, And the leaves are turning brown - Reluctantly the summer goes In a cloud of thistledown. When squirrels...

"Fairest of the months! Ripe summer's queen This hey-day of the year With robes that gleam with sunny sheen Sweet August doth appear." R....

"No bought potpourri is so pleasant as that made from one's garden, for the petals of the flowers one has gathered at home hold the...

"I've noticed something about gardening. You set out to do one thing and pretty soon you're doing something else, which leads to some...

It's finally May - the month we've been waiting for. This month holds the promise of the upcoming gardening season here in the Northeast,...

April is a very busy month for anyone who gardens in the Northeast. Lawns need to be raked and de-thatched, growing beds need to be...

What is an Heirloom and why should I care? Now that large seed companies have jumped on the heirloom bandwagon, and are offering many...

"Nice cheerful Dill - so easy to grow Is a household friend but did you know That long ago he played a part As assistant to the...

"There are two seasonal diversions that can ease the bite of any winter. One is the January thaw. The other is the seed catalogs" Hal...

"In the depth of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer" Albert Camus December for most of us conjures up thoughts...

"November comes And November goes, With the last red berries And the first white snows. With night coming early, And dawn coming late,...

No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one autumnal face. John Donne Autumn, to me, is one of the best times of...