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New at Our Little Acre - Campanula 'Pink Octopus'

The "Grandma" Flowers

Flora Mirabilis - A Book Review
Flora Mirabilis: How Plants Have Shaped World Knowledge, Health, Wealth, and Beautyby Catherine Herbert Howell

Brave New World of Schlumbergera
For someone who has overwintered 175+ plants in her house, you'd think one of them would be a Christmas Cactus. But as you wade through the jungle of Brugmansias, Begonias, Kalanchoes

Is This Really November?
It's ten days past Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day and only one month until Christmas. Who would have ever thought so much would be blooming outside around here?An earlier commenter to this blog advised me to "squeeze as much out of fall as I

Good Dirt on Dirt!
This is likely going to be old news for some of you, but for those who haven't yet heard the good word on dirt, listen up. It turns out that dirt is good for your mental health. I'm not going to tell you to flush the anti-depressants just yet, but it might be worth a try, depending on how down you are.It's always been a belief of mine that God provides for "what ails ya" somewhere in nature. We may not have discovered the natural remedies just yet, but I'm convinced they're out there. Now lest you think I'm some sort of earth mother that doesn't believe in modern pharmaceuticals, I can assure you that is not the case. Those have been a godsend to many,

November Blooms at Our Little Acre
In spite of our extremely mild November weather - almost record-setting warmth, in fact - there is relatively little blooming here at Our Little Acre for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day. But in November, you never know what you're going to get, so we enjoy each and every bloom, because we know it will be some time before we see these again.