Since you can’t do much gardening outdoors in February, you might as well read some books. One I regularly consult is Henry Beard<\/a>‘s Gardening: A Gardener’s Dictionary<\/em><\/strong>, illustrated by Roy McKie. Beard may be familiar as the author of such works as Latin for All Occasions<\/em><\/strong> and Zen for Cats<\/em><\/strong>. Those with long memories might remember him as the most reliably funny writer at National Lampoon<\/a><\/em> and as one of the scholars responsible for the volume variously known as Nuda Pier\u015bcieni<\/em><\/strong>, Loru sorbusten herrasta<\/em><\/strong>, or Bored of the Rings<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. He’s also an expert on bad golf<\/a>.<\/p>\n Gardening<\/em><\/strong> has been out of print for years, but used copies are available for reasonable prices. Here are a few of the definitions.<\/p>\n Yard<\/strong> Vermiculite<\/strong> Rot<\/strong> Pest<\/strong> Narcissus<\/strong> Jack-in-the-Pulpit<\/strong> Hose<\/strong> Grape<\/strong> Garden<\/strong> Fence<\/strong> Brochures and Catalogs<\/strong> Bluegrass<\/strong> Autumn<\/strong> Since you can’t do much gardening outdoors in February, you might as well read some books. One I regularly consult is Henry Beard‘s Gardening: A Gardener’s Dictionary, illustrated by Roy McKie. Beard may be familiar as the author of such works as Latin for All Occasions and Zen for Cats. Those with long memories might … Continue reading “By the co-author of Gy\u0171r\u0171k\u00fara<\/i>“<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[692,13,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-botany","category-humor-and-horror","category-words"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-bba","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42976"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43001,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42976\/revisions\/43001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n1. (penology) dusty open area where hard labor is performed. 2. (horticulture) dusty open area where hard labor is performed.<\/p>\n
\nObscure order of nuns dedicated to gardening. Like other devotional orders, the sisters take the traditional vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, but in keeping with the demanding nature of their calling, the Vermiculites are the only such group with a special dispensation to drink, smoke, swear, and throw things.<\/p>\n
\nGardening advice.<\/p>\n
\nAny creature that eats green vegetables without being compelled to.<\/p>\n
\nWonderful, early-blooming flower with an unsatisfactory plural form. Botanists have been searching for a suitable ending for years but their attempts \u2014 narcissi (1947), narcissusses (1954), narcissus for both singular and plural (1958) and multinarcissus and polynarcissus (1962, 1963) \u2014 haven’t enjoyed any real acceptance, and thus, gardeners still prefer to plant the easily pluralized daffodil or jonquil.<\/p>\n
\nThe state flower of Maryland. Shortly after being named, the designation was challenged by atheist groups who sued to have it removed on the constitutional grounds that its selection promoted religion. In a compromise that appears to have pleased no one, the plant was retained but officially renamed “Fred-in-a-phone-booth.”<\/p>\n
\nCrude, but effective and totally safe type of scythe towed through gardens to flatten flower beds and level vegetable plantings.<\/p>\n
\nUninteresting larval stage of wine.<\/p>\n
\nOne of a vast number of free outdoor restaurants operated by charity-minded amateurs in a effort to provide healthful, balanced meals for insects, birds, and animals.<\/p>\n
\nWire barrier erected to protect garden produce against animal pests that lack wings, paws, teeth, or brains, and cannot leap, tunnel, climb, or fly.<\/p>\n
\nForms of entertaining fiction published by nurseries, seedsmen, and tool manufacturers.<\/p>\n
\nRare lawn condition in which normally brown, crisp lawns develop odd patches of a sort of hazy green growth. Don’t be alarmed! These strangely colored areas usually disappear within a few weeks.<\/p>\n
\nDelightful season that runs from the disposal of the last zucchini to the arrival of the first catalog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"