Category: Digging Deeper
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He is pruning the privet: the seemingly never-ending saga of change in a garden
Please read this poem—that is, if you have the time or inclination. I know that poems don’t speak to everyone, so please, give it a try. I’ll understand if you don’t. I thought for a change of pace I’d share it since it’s about gardening. (But yes, you’re correct, it’s about much more than just pruning.)…
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A Letter to Mr Palm (My First Gardening Mentor)
Mr. & Mrs. Palm’s home and garden. Mr. Milton Palm: my childhood horticultural mentor. Dear Mr. Palm, I miss you a lot and it’s good that we can talk again like this even if you’ve been gone for many years. If you don’t know it already, I think about you a lot. The conversations we…