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Category: Farms, Gardens, and Yards

Me and My Tomato Plant
Childhood~Cultivars~Edible Plants~Farms, Gardens, and Yards~Story Garden

Me and My Tomato Plant

I was an avid gardener as a kid. I helped out at the local community garden every Sunday from 6th grade up to 9th. While I was there, I would help other people with their plots, as I was too young to have one of […]

March 15, 2021
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So much more than a walk
Animals and Insects~Cities and Towns~Farms, Gardens, and Yards~Story Garden

So much more than a walk

I don’t need to tell you that we are all living in strange times. We are reminded everywhere we turn. While it is important for us all to be vigilant about our health and figure out our new normal it is also important for us […]

June 17, 2020
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A ____.
Farms, Gardens, and Yards~Flowers~Poetry~Story Garden

A ____.

A ____ is a ____ is a ____ flower.In my great grandfather’s garden. A photo shoot with Irma.Wearing this flowery white dress with a big pink satin ribbon. A ____ is a ____ is a ____ dick. Scumming its sweet, seducing scent in the air […]

May 29, 2020
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Lola’s Garden and Cherry Tomatoes
Childhood~Farms, Gardens, and Yards~Story Garden

Lola’s Garden and Cherry Tomatoes

My earliest memories of plants all took place in my Lola’s garden. In 2006, we had just relocated from Montana to Lola’s house in Los Angeles. Back then, I hadn’t realized how poor my family was to be forced to live in someone else’s house. […]

May 11, 2020
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Garden Club Connection
Cities and Towns~Farms, Gardens, and Yards~Flowers~Stay-at-Home Stories~Story Garden

Garden Club Connection

I’m a member of my seaside small town Garden Club. During this stressful time, we have established a cell phone number chain. Each day we post a flower whether its in our own garden or neighbor’s. In the fall we planted hundreds of daffodils throughout […]

April 2, 2020
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“Stay-at-Home” Plant Stories
Animals and Insects~Farms, Gardens, and Yards~Flowers~Houseplants~Story Garden~Uncategorized

“Stay-at-Home” Plant Stories

Most of us are living strange, upended lives these days–isolated and indoors, struggling to maintain precious connections to family and friends. In many cases, our access to the out-of-doors and to the soothing power of the natural world is severely limited. Writing a “stay-at-home” story […]

April 2, 2020
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Paradise No More
Childhood~Farms, Gardens, and Yards~Flowers~Story Garden

Paradise No More

Bird of Paradise – Strelitzia reginae In today’s society, there is an underlying pressure to impress others and put your best foot forward. I have felt this all throughout my childhood. One instance where I had a hard time with my appearance and how I […]

February 25, 2020
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Beauties of Flora
Farms, Gardens, and Yards~Root Stories~Story Garden

Beauties of Flora

Bird of Paradise – Strelitzia reginae Edward Donovan, a collector of natural history specimens, wrote about the Bird of Paradise in his short-lived series, The Botanical Review, or the Beauties of Flora (1789-90). His account of the rare plant from South Africa was one of […]

February 25, 2020
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Our Garden Through Six-Year-Old Eyes
Animals and Insects~Childhood~Farms, Gardens, and Yards~Stay-at-Home Stories~Story Garden

Our Garden Through Six-Year-Old Eyes

Our garden through our six-year-old daughter’s eyes. Her story is: “These flowers caught my mind because I love pink. Baby Fluffy loves the flowers and I love seeing the flowers in my garden too!!!” Baby Fluffy is an orphan baby bird we rescued from the […]

June 13, 2019
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Learning Mom’s Love of Plants
Farms, Gardens, and Yards~Story Garden

Learning Mom’s Love of Plants

Learning my mom’s love of plants has been a lifelong process. My mother is a teacher. She has worked at a small elementary school in southwest Calgary for over twenty years teaching music and whatever grade they can slot her into. For my entire childhood, […]

March 22, 2019
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Where can a plant take you?

  • Leah, My Juniper Bonsai Tree
  • Sweet Peas
  • Musing from Under a Moss Leaf
  • My Ancient Older Brother- Kalo
  • Me and My Tomato Plant
  • Elizabeth Blackwell’s “Love Apples”
  • Rice; That Old Wheel
  • Existential Passionflower
  • Fairies in my Garden
  • So much more than a walk

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  • Juniper herbarium specimen collected 1929 by Susan Delano McKelveyLeah, My Juniper Bonsai Tree
    From the nursery I returned with what one day I would […]
  • Sweet Pea Herbarium Specimen (1917)Sweet Peas
    Sweet Peas by Donna Williams I am struggling to paint […]
  • Musing from Under a Moss Leaf
    Whenever I’m in the forest I like to imagine that I’m […]
  • Colocasia esculenta (L.) herbarium imageMy Ancient Older Brother- Kalo
    “Kalo is our oldest brother. An ancient ancestor.” I […]
  • Me and My Tomato Plant
    I was an avid gardener as a kid. I helped out at the […]
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