It’s Spring!
Time to Think About Summer and Plan Your Garden Now By Bette Erickson
You know, when spring rolls around, many of us daydream about gardening and all its splendor. I’m no different. I’ve always loved spring and summer gardening and caring for houseplants all year round. When I was a young woman, working in the plant department at a local “Dime Store” in Battle Creek, Michigan, I read a book titled “Making Things Grow” by Thalassa Cruso. With a French braid positioned on her head, she was a frequent guest on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. My British Grandmother fancied Ms. Cruso because she was also a wonderful, no-nonsense Brit. Ms. Cruso went on to write “To Everything There Is a Season,” and I was hooked on becoming the best hobby-gardener I could become. I like to share my interest in gardening with others – young and
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Gardening is one of the most popular hobbies for people of all ages and abilities. For further inspiration here are a couple of additional titles for the little wanna-be gardeners in your life, just in time for spring and summer activities: “ The Buried Treasure,” by Djemma Bider “ The Garden – Frog and Toad Together,” by Arnold Lobel “ This Year’s Garden,” by Cynthia Rylant “ A Child’s Book of the Garden: The Things in Our Garden,” (Special Edition) by Arthur Ransome “ We Are the Gardeners,” by Joanna Gaines and Julianna Swaney
old. (That’s much different than proclaiming I’m good at gardening.) Anyway, if you’re interested in dabbling in gardening, try starting with an herb garden. If I had to choose one group of plants to grow, herbs would be at the top of that list. Herbs are versatile and attractive plants. Many smell really great and
