The Summer Lodger: Longfellow, Fergusson, and Pasternak’s July

The hazy day's end in a July garden.

Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. The hazy day’s end in a July garden. July 2, 2020 This week, we continue to welcome the hot, thunderous enchantment…

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The Summer of All-Saints!

Autumn maple leaf with a heart-shaped hole, glowing against a golden blurred background.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Then followed that beautiful season, Called by the pious Acadian peasants the Summer of All-Saints! Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new – created in all the freshness of childhood. Today’s Garden words were featured on the podcast: Words inspired by…

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The Miraculous Tide of Spring: Teasdale, Longfellow, and Teale

White daffodils blooming and other bulbs blooming in an April garden.

Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. White daffodils blooming and other bulbs blooming in an April garden. April 6, 2020 On this day, the air carries that…

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If Spring Came But Once a Century

A swamp, which is a type of forested wetland. Swamps are characterized by the presence of trees and other woody vegetation growing in standing or slowly moving water.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow If spring came but once a century instead of once a year, or burst forth with the sound of an earthquake and not in silence, what wonder and expectation there would be in all hearts to behold the miraculous change. Today’s Garden words were featured on the podcast: Words inspired by…

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An Afternoon in February

A partially frozen river or stream surrounded by snow-covered trees, reminiscent of the setting described in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "Woods in Winter".

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The day is ending,  The night is descending;  The marsh is frozen,  The river is dead. Today’s Garden words were featured on the podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. A partially frozen river or stream surrounded by snow-covered trees, reminiscent of the setting…

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Dreaming in Seed Catalogs: Winter’s Greatest Temptation

Garden planning in cozy January.

Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Garden planning in cozy January. January 9, 2020 Today’s Unearthed Words are a love letter to every gardener’s guilty winter pleasure—the…

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Aside From the Garden of Eden

Aside From the Garden of Eden

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Aside from the garden of Eden, man’s great temptation took place when he first received his seed catalog.           Note: Today’s Unearthed Words are all about seed catalogs.  If you are a new gardener, welcome to the joy of curling up on the couch with a cup…

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Janus am I

White roses with delicate frost along the edges of their petals, softly illuminated against a blurred dark background.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Janus am I; oldest of potentates; Forward I look, and backward, and below I count, as god of avenues and gates, The years that through my portals, come and go. Today’s Garden words were featured on the podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all.…

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January’s Gates: Poetry, Time, and the Dreaming Garden

January garden dreams.

Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. January garden dreams. January 6, 2020 On this sixth morning of the new year, the world stands cloaked in frost, and…

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The Daily Gardener Podcast Album Cover with a pot of rosemary - the herb for remembrance - beckoning gardeners to remember to listen to the show. Updated September 2025.

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Autumn’s Voices: Borland, Leopold, and Longfellow on Wind and Change

An autumn landscape.

Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. An autumn landscape. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Hal Borland Aldo Leopold, a renowned American author, philosopher, scientist, ecologist, forester, conservationist, and environmentalist.…

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Song of Hiawatha

A double rainbow, an optical phenomenon where two rainbows are visible.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Saw the rainbow in the heaven, In the eastern sky the rainbow, Whispered, “What is that, Nokomis?” And the good Nokomis answered: “Tis the heaven of flowers you see there; All the wild-flowers of the forest, All the lilies of the prairie, When on earth they fade and perish, Blossom in…

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