Author Archives: aheronsgarden

(Edible) Food Does not Grow in Refrigerators

Posted on August 6, 2017 by aheronsgarden

Or, Are You Sure that Tomato You are eating is Organic? Part I:  The Fridge and the Market I stand in awe of my sister’s refrigerator. It’s a Sears Kenmore, 14 cubic feet. Once I asked her how old it … Continue reading →

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A Gardener’s Wish List

Posted on July 25, 2017 by aheronsgarden

Vines romp Rabbits chomp I wish rabbits Would adopt habits Of dining on vinings. Slugs chew Slimy glue! I wish slugs Would eat bugs Instead of fancying plantings. Moles tunnel Lumpy chunnels I wish moles Disliked holes And would vacate … Continue reading →

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Daylily Amnesia

Posted on July 1, 2017 by aheronsgarden

Wasn’t the daylily bloom spectacular this spring? Daylilies danced all over the garden. Some we greeted joyfully as old friends come back for a visit. Some we welcomed as prodigals gone awol for a time. Others were, what can I … Continue reading →

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Flip Flop Spring

Posted on June 17, 2017 by aheronsgarden

A Chronicle in Three Parts Part I: April Flowers The saying goes: April Showers Bring May Flowers. It didn’t happen quite that way this year. One fine April day, Bob went round the garden taking pictures—of flowers, not showers. You’ll … Continue reading →

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Plight of a Pickle Pail

Posted on May 9, 2017 by aheronsgarden

I’m just a lowly pickle pail done-in Ain’t never had no steady kissin’ kin I toil so hard In your weedy yard Oh what I’d give for a swig of gin. Today you see a pickle pail hard workin’ But … Continue reading →

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A Gardener’s Weather

Posted on April 26, 2017 by aheronsgarden

It’s the middle of March and they are bickering in the heavens again. Move out, you Old Goat, you’re done, finished. Old goat, eh! I’ll show you. Want a blast of wind chill? And some crusty barbs of ice? You—you—you … Continue reading →

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A Special Note for Camellia Lovers

Posted on April 2, 2017 by aheronsgarden

We Live in a Land Where Camellia is King Only camellia lovers can understand how a Gang of Eight could capture our hearts so completely that we created a special place for them in our garden twenty-five years ago. Then, … Continue reading →

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The Whiny Gardener

Posted on March 10, 2017 by aheronsgarden

Caution: Viewer discretion advised. Pictures are not pretty. Every year it’s the same. I spend the month of February whining. Plants should be up and coming on February 1st. We’re in the south. It’s 40 degrees today! Spring should be … Continue reading →

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Memories Chase This Gardener’s Brown Blues

Posted on February 9, 2017 by aheronsgarden

Nothing like February to bring on a gardener’s Brown Blues. Brown leaves, brown stems, brown grasses, brown scruffy seed heads (broken-down brown) and, incidentally, gray days. Not to mention that all this brown has to be cleaned up before spring. … Continue reading →

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The Weather Outside Can Be Frightful

Posted on January 24, 2017 by aheronsgarden

January’s winter storm was a piker compared with past whoppers. Barely two inches of snow fell, but a long winter’s night of sleet managed to pull it all together and put on a good show. Cold weather and slick roads … Continue reading →

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