A February Fire

A glowing red candle burns inside a black lantern, set in the snow at night. The warm light from the lantern illuminates the surrounding snow with a golden glow.

by Neely Turner, State Entomologist & Vice Director, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 1927 – 1968 Probably more pests can be controlled in an armchair in front of a February fire with a garden notebook and a seed catalog than can ever be knocked out in hand-to-hand combat in the garden.   Today’s Garden words were…

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February Fires and Frost: Reflections and Reveries in Garden and Verse

February Fires and Frost in 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. February Fires and Frost in Garden. February 5, 2020 February is often misunderstood—a month caught between the stubbornness of winter and…

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