Revival of the Dickinsonian garden

These dwarf snapdragons are the only survivors of the many that we planted in early and mid-June.  They obviously need full sun and well-drained soil that we couldn’t offer in the month of June and early July.  Many perished for lack of sun and too much rain and literally drowned.  These luckier one are in higher ground somehow survived, but grew poorly until now; revival, so to speak.

It is not entirely inappropriate to talk about garden in religious terms, as Emily Dickinson noted that we are “closer to God in a garden than anyplace on the earth.”

“Gardening: tills the soul” and “Flowers feed the soul” are just two of the many signs that Janet gave us that fit well in the Dickinsonian garden.

The gardener of a Dickinsonian garden needs “The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson”—a thoughtful birthday gift from my daughters.