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February 14, 2010

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day to all the gardeners buried in snow!

With the help of my blogging friends, I will try to make this day "rosey" for your.

A big Valentine's Day kiss to Debra Lee Baldwin at Gardening Gone Wild, who managed to find hearts everywhere in the garden.

Rosemary Beck, at Content in a Cottage, found hearts everywhere she looked, too.

And my heart beats for Teresa O'Connor at Seasonal Wisdom, who does such a wonderful job of tracing the folklore of our holidays.

And to my new BBF (best blogging friend) Kerry Michaels, who writes about container gardening, for her beautiful "virtual" bouquet.

Photo courtesy of Flickr/macropoulos

And this rock solid Valentine heart from Layanee DeMerchant at Ledge and Gardens.

There is plenty of Valentine red over at A Caribbean Garden.

Finally, Garden Variety readers, don't lose "heart." Valentine's Day means February is half over and when March comes, we will surely be back in our gardens!

Posted by Susan Reimer at 9:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)
Categories: Garden gifts

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Susan...Thank you so much for mentioning me today. I am so honored. Happy Valentine's Day. xo, Rosemary Beck

You guys do all the heavy lifting! I just provide the links! Yours is a wonderful blog. -- Susan

Posted by: Content in a Cottage | February 14, 2010 10:12 AM

Susan: What a delightful post. There really are "hearts" everywhere you look in the natural world. I even have a giant heart shaped rock in my garden.

Thanks for mentioning Seasonal Wisdom too. You know me, Susan, I'm always looking for those strange facts about our seasons... ;)

Happy Valentine's Day to you. Teresa

And to you, Teresa!--Susan

Posted by: Seasonal Wisdom | February 14, 2010 1:23 PM

Hi, Susan -- I'm very pleased you liked my "Hearts in the Garden" photo essay on Gardening Gone Wild. It was fun to do, in fact, I think I'll keep it in mind for next February as I visit and shoot gardens during 2010.

Debra, It was extraordinary!!!! --Susan

Posted by: Debra Lee Baldwin | February 15, 2010 2:26 PM

Thanks for choosing my photo for Valentine's day, I'm honored :)

Your photos are absolutely wonderful!

Posted by: Stavros Markopoulos | February 16, 2010 2:32 AM

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About Susan Reimer

Susan Reimer has spent 16 years writing about raising kids - among other topics - in her column for The Baltimore Sun. And every time son Joseph or daughter Jessie passed another milestone - driver's license, college, wedding or a move to a new military duty station - she has planted another garden. Now she will be writing about those gardens - and yours - here on Garden Variety.

Susan isn't an expert gardener, but she wasn't an expert mother, either. Both - the kids and the gardens - seem to be doing well in spite of her.

She lives in Annapolis with her husband, Gary Mihoces, who loves to cut his grass but has noticed that there seems to be less of it every time the kids pass another milestone.

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