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Recent Blog Posts From May Dreams Gardens
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – January 2026
Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for January 2026. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we are enjoying a mild winter. There’s no snow on the ground, and the frigid temperatures of early December are forgotten, for now. Wait. Check that. After I wrote this post around lunchtime, temperatures dropped, […]
Happy New Year, Twenty-Six!
The old rabbit, Twenty-Five, stood just inside the garden gate, waiting for Twenty-Six to arrive and take over the garden. As he stood with his bag in hand, he checked his watch and the list he’d made for the handover at midnight. He knew from his own experience with Twenty-Four just 365 days ago that […]
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – December 2025
Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for December 2025. Here in my USDA Hardiness zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we are cold and snow-covered, so the only picture I have of the garden was taken from inside looking out. The outside temperature on Sunday morning was around -4ºF, and today, which is actually the […]
Check Out My Books
I’ve written five books of humorous gardening advice, guaranteed to make you smile and provide some good gardening advice. Check out one or all five!
Potted and Pruned: Living a Gardening Life
Homegrown and Handpicked: A Year in a Gardening Life
Seeded and Sodded: Thoughts From a Gardening Life
Creatures and Critters: Who’s In My Garden
Digging and Delighted: Live Your Best Gardening Life
And I’ve written two children’s books, both illustrated by my nephew. If you know a kid or were once a kid, you need both!
The Christmas Cottontail: A Story for Gardeners of All Ages
The Halloween Hare: A Story for Gardeners of All Ages
Will I write more books? Seeds have been planted, shoots are coming up. We shall see!
