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Green is suddenly the color of the day, tiny plants are pok- ing through compost enriched soil, collec- tions of ‘star-perform- ers’ with expectations of


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throughout the garden such as lovely Botan- ical and Wild Crocus chrysanthus Goldi- lox, Crocus flavus Golden Yellow, and crocus Orange Mon- arch. Tiny, five-inch- tall


color scattered


intense yellow Iris Reticulata are planted along slanted antique brick borders to de- light. Intense yel- low, blue and purple bearded iris to follow in weeks to come filling clear glass vases with wonderful- ness!


vivid blue with


oping all of your gar- dens are beginning to sprout, bloom and are absolutely dreamy.


is truly about patience, watch- ing with such hopeful antici- pation . . .forgotten plantings and surprises, mature colonies


Maybe it’s the year you grow mushrooms or plant splendid trees, evergreen or deciduous, fragrant or fruiting? You de- cide. Explore your favorite nurseries which can become a fun outing with gar- den


out Calfloranurser- ies.com, a local na- tive plant nursery in Fulton with hundreds of healthy natives to choose from.


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have an enlightening web site to help with your selections. Plant groups of Angelica hendersonii, tower- ing at four to six feet tall with their lovely white


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Cutting gardens can become little masterpieces. Gardening


of natives are beginning to emerge, such a thrill! Time to plant organic seeds and starts of your favorite vegetables, herbs and flowers.


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shine is finally starting to make its appearance through the parting of thick, morning grey fog, cotton-candy after- noon cumulus floating in an almost sea of blue, sunsets with wispy ribbons of soft pink. Herb gardens are calling to be planted. Local nurseries should have a decent selection by now. Plant healthy starts in well drained, lightly com- posted soil. For help look on line for older books like Ro- dale Presse’s the Herb Book and another old favorite, The Macmillan Treasury of Herbs by Ann Bonar. These old clas- sics are filled with stunning photos of every herb plant, how to make decoctions, dye, cooking, drying, planting and other techniques to name a


flowers full of nectar for the bees, butter- flies and other impor- tant pollinators. The golden sun-


umbels of ...continued on page 26 “Poetry is what gets lost in translation.” ~ Robert Frost


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