Category: Garden
It’s Not Easy Being Green
Frogs can and do freeze, including their hearts, and then thaw and get right back to living their everyday froggy life when it warms up. We’re doing the renewal pruning at Glover Gardens in our own efforts to get our green back.
From Mud to Flowers
You never know what you’ll find here on the pages of Glover Gardens, “a multi-faceted blog for multi-faceted people”.
A Beauty in My Backyard
A forgotten beauty showed its face in my backyard a few weeks ago, as this gorgeous walking iris woke up and bloomed for the first time in years.
The Easter Butterfly
And then, all of the sudden, it flew away, wafting on the breeze high above the cypress trees, its wings fluttering a timeless message: fear not, only believe.
Good Friday Lilies
If Easter lilies are white, perhaps these gorgeous red lilies are Good Friday lilies.
Haiku: Seeing Red
Aberdeen’s Cruickshank Botanic Garden on the King’s College campus in Old Aberdeen is gorgeous and haiku-inspiring.
Jasmine, the Calming Smell of Spring
Glover Gardens is an aromatherapy district with an abundance of jasmine this spring.
Mother Nature Does Her Stuff
Mother Nature waters the plants when we’ve been gone awhile; nice that she knows what to do!
“Frank-biscus” Blooms! Just in Time for Harvey
A hibiscus blooms as Hurricane Harvey looms, a reminder of nature’s beauty.
Death is Life-Affirming: Hibiscus Haiku
A gift of a live and blooming hibiscus, with a heartfelt haiku to celebrate Dad’s life.
Digital Postcard: Glover Gardens Hibiscus
I love hibiscus! Here are a few of my favorite Glover Gardens hibiscus pics, a late-summer garden digital postcard.
Tom’s Spicy Tomato Juice
Spicy homemade tomato juice is easy to make and good for you! Just add vodka for the perfect Bloody Mary.
Moonlight Citrus Harvest Haiku
A cold snap in Southeast Texas forces a moonlight citrus harvest and inspires a haiku.