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October ’25: Mild, dry and stunning
Assorted pics and factoids from the month that was.
On My List: Keystone plants
The start of a planting plan, with the most eco-beneficial plants first.
Linking About: Saving seeds, leaving leaves, and our collective loss of smells ...
A very October link list.
On the value of mistakes and ‘failures’
... and sharing them publicly in a world of make-believe effortlessness.
Snapshots: Hello, Steve!
My first homegrown dahlia, in all her peachy splendor.
Book Shelf: “The Garden Against Time” by Olivia Laing
My new favorite literary garden memoir — and I haven’t even finished it yet.
Linking About: Other people’s dahlias
Inspiration and resources, in the hope I’ll get it right next year!
Minding the gaps
But using my FutureVision skills to keep me from doing anything rash.
Field Trip: Mountain Top Arboretum
Wandering the landscapes and pathways of a public Catskills garden-forest.
Early Fall = get busy!
Made myself a September garden to-do list, so fall doesn’t race right past me.
Q for You: Do you talk to plants?
Recent science tells us plants can “hear,” but I’m not sure it even matters.
Driveway Potager, take one: Better luck next year?
A first (small, makeshift) attempt at growing food in the northeast.
Linking About: Reliable Sources, Medicinal Plants and Sentient Snap Dragons
Plus grass-meets-forest inspo, for 7 links worth clicking.