Now or Later: Fall vs. Spring Clean-Up

"I'm a fall clean up person.  When the snow flies I like to look out and see all my flower beds put to sleep for the winter, knowing they're nice and clean," says Chris, contributor to garden.org.

I feel the same way. My flower garden will meet winter looking like this:

Hard to believe there'll be things growing here next year, but it'll happen.

Check out Chris' article  "Fall Flower Garden Clean-Up" (originally published in 2011 and re-posted a couple of days ago.) 

Even though cleaning up your flower garden in the fall is a matter of preference, Chris gives quite a few reasons behind his decision not to put off this task until spring.

Live for the Love of it,

Sasha A. Palmer (aka Happy)

"Stand tall and proud..."

© Ilan Shamir, www.yourtruenature.com 

here's the full text of "Advice from a Tree"

Live for the Love of it,

Sasha A. Palmer (aka Happy)

"We don't know..."

“We don’t know what to do with all the lawn we have. We use lawn as wall-to-wall carpeting, and I think it works better in most yards as an area rug.”

-- Thomas Rainer, landscape architect

atypical front yard -- doesn't it look great?

Live for the Love of it,

Sasha A. Palmer (aka Happy)

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"We need to learn to value amateurs again." Anne R. Allen

 Consider this quote from Alexandra A. Palmer, who blogs as "The Happy Amateur"

"I want to engage in life as a favorite pastime, not a profession. I want to remain… a novice who is hungry for knowledge and humble at the same time. I want to be a constant devotee and admirer of life. In other words, I want to be an amateur."

Anne R. Allen quotes your humble servant and even says that my blog is partly what inspired her post that focuses on professional and amateur writing, exploring their differences and similarities, pros and cons, etc.

  

I’m very happy and honored.  Anne R. Allen’s Blog (with Ruth Harris) is a very special place.  A great source of advice, encouragement and support for writers.  All are welcome.  And it’s lots of fun.  

Thank you, Anne. 

Live for the Love of it,

The Happy Amateur