March is a month of considerable frustration - it is so near spring and yet across a great deal of the country the weather is still so violent and changeable that outdoor activity in our yards seems light years away. — Thalassa Cruso Copy Share Image
Scents bring memories, and many memories bring nostalgic pleasure. We would be wise to plan for this when we plant a garden. — Thalassa Cruso Copy Share Image
One of the pleasures of being a gardener comes from the enjoyment you get looking at other people's yards. — Thalassa Cruso Copy Share Image
The sense of smell can be extraordinarily evocative, bringing back pictures as sharp as photographs of scenes that had left the conscious mind. — Thalassa Cruso Copy Share Image
Once we become interested in the progress of the plants in our care, their development becomes a part of the rhythm of our own… — Thalassa Cruso Copy Share Image
Today I am sure no one needs to be told that the more birds a yard can support, the fewer insects there will be… — Thalassa Cruso Copy Share Image
I'm no good at cooking or music, but I've always known how to garden. Nobody ever taught me; I just absorbed it. Some families… — Thalassa Cruso Copy Share Image
I have always found thick woods a little intimidating, for they are so secret and enclosed. You may seem alone but you are not,… — Thalassa Cruso Copy Share Image
Anyone starting to garden... would be wise to look around carefully and see what grows well in other people's yards. — Thalassa Cruso Copy Share Image
March is a month of considerable frustration - it is so near spring and yet across a great deal of the country the weather… — Thalassa Cruso Copy Share Image
Every year it seems to me I hear complaints about spring. It is either "late" or "unusually cold," "abnormally dry" or "fantastically wet," for… — Thalassa Cruso Copy Share Image
Fall is not the end of the gardening year; it is the start of next year's growing season. The mulch you lay down will… — Thalassa Cruso Copy Share Image
