Thank you # 3

Dear blunt pruners,

Thank you for making me mess up when I was pruning this morning.  Instead of a nice clean cut you helped me make a real mess of things, and reminded me of what I had been told in my MG class about needing to have well-maintained tools - for the plant's well-being as well as my own.  I'll get you sharpened up pronto, I promise (and I'll check all my other gardening tools while I'm at it!).
Thanks for giving me a nasty reminder of an important chore that needs to be done.
Carol

PS.  I went and found another set of pruners that I own (sharp ones this time!) and made amends/said my apologies to the poor plant that I abused.  It's now got a nice clean cut and should seal over just fine.
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Wiser about Wisely

Just finished watching an enjoyable and informative Netflix video about the Wisley gardens near Woking, Surrey in England.  Thought you'd like to know about it......

The pride and joy of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), Wisely (pronounced Wiss-lee) is an 800 acre demonstration, exhibition, research garden open to the public year round.

If you'd like a perspective on English gardens and gardening and how the RHS operates, check out this video.  Nice way to spend about 4 hours.  The DVD covers Wisely through the four seasons - each season's review taking about an hour.  You get to see behind-the-scenes activites, visit all of their different demo/teaching gardens and learn about various gardening techniques the RHS uses.  It's all presented very prim and properly in a way only the English can do!  Invite a few gardening friends over, fix yourself a cuppa tea and a crumpet and enjoy the show!

Thank you # 2

Dear little millipede *,
Thank you for recycling all the duff, and smelling so divine in the process! 

You smell like a cross between vanilla bean and baby powder.... how cool is that?!
Thanks for not being icky.
Carol

*  Harpaphe Haydeniana - for those of you who want its proper Latin name.  These little guys are really common up here in the PNW.

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Thank you # 1

A month or so ago I learned about a really cool blog...... totally focused to one thing.... the art of saying thanks.  Thanks to things we wouldn't normally pay attention to.  As I surfed through this woman's blog I started to see my own life experiences in a whole new way.  Here's the link..... check it out for yourself and see what you think....

As a deep admirer of the natural world and a Master Gardener in the making, I thought, why not take a moment now and then to outwardly say a little thank you to mother nature and my gardening adventures.  Here's the first of what I hope will be many more notes of appreciation.....

Dear conifer candles,
Thank you for making me pay closer attention to the ocean of evergreen trees we have here in the PNW.

I love how you dust the tips of the branches each spring, and add a new dimension to what's outside my window.
Thanks again,
Carol