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In this episode, columnist and designer Mary Stone shares why and how to attract toads to your garden. Plus a heartfelt story of an American toads’ visit during her mother’s decline -- when the garden became sorely ignored. 

https://askmarystone.com/attracting-toads-to-your-garden/

https://askmarystone.com/healing-in-the-garden-of-life/

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Castor beans, ladybugs, and bloody aphids. 

 Life is full of garden pests like aphids who once again have wreaked havoc on the leather leaf viburnum gracing the garden outside the screened porch. This episode talks about the desperate measures of rejuvenation pruning a few years back and other reasons to prune which mirrors how we take care of our families and ourselves. 

 https://askmarystone.com/reasons-to-prune/

 Then there’s a tid...

Thank you for being part of our community, spreading the word about how gardens and nature can heal and grow our lives.

This episode starts with an overview of Three Sister’s Gardening that leads to a story of stumbling upon a baby porcupine and the angels that helped. Plus, a question posed to all: What makes great companions in the garden and the garden of life?

https://askmarystone.com/three-sisters-gardening/

Then we learn about N...

Thank you for being part of our community, spreading the word about how gardens and nature can heal and grow our lives.

The episode starts with the fascinating chemistry of skunk cabbage, its attractive appearance, and its appeal to pollinators despite its foul smell. Can it be used in your garden? Indeed, in a boggy spot, it can, but there's more to consider…

https://askmarystone.com/skunk-cabbage-appeal/

Then we chat about a Rh...

Thank you for being part of our community, spreading the word about how gardens and nature can heal and grow our lives.

This episode starts with a chat about an old-time saying, “March Comes in Like a Lion and Out Like a Lamb.” Or is it “In Like a Lamb and Out Like a Lion?” They imply a balance in weather, a balance in life. 

While the old sayings are fun to consider, we have no control over nature or the cycles of life.  We can, how...

Thank you for being part of spreading the word about how gardens and nature can heal and grow our lives.

This episode starts with The Little Prince's view that it's critical to rid the little planets he visits of all the bad seeds that turn into bad plants. Specifically, the Baobab—ironically, an ancient tree adored here on earth—leading to a lesson of clearing resentments and growing in kindness (before it destroys our worl...

Thank you for being part of a community spreading the word about how gardens and nature can heal and grow our lives.

This episode starts with an update on Ellie's Living Christmas Tree and the arrival of a new rescue adopted from a kindhearted shelter featured in the story of Father John's Animal House Garden. 

 Did you know 20-20 Vision not perfect vision? I share lessons of recovery inspired by Comfort Zone Camp's foun...