Posts Tagged ‘October gardening’
October’s Son: Thomas Wolfe and the Poetry of Homecoming
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 3, 1900 On this day, dear readers, we celebrate the birth of a literary luminary whose words have the power to transport us to the very heart of autumn’s melancholic beauty. Thomas…
Read MoreThe pleasures of planning: Vita Sackville-West on the gardener’s winter work
by Vita Sackville-West If it is true that one of the greatest pleasures of gardening lies in looking forward, then the planning of next year’s beds and borders must be one of the most agreeable occupations in the gardener’s calendar. This should make October and November particularly pleasant months, for then we may begin to…
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