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Aldo Leopold celebrates amateur researchers by giving an example of Margaret Morse Nice, who studied song sparrows in her back yard and became an authority on bird behavior. I don't expect to become an authority on anything, but I like the idea of "citizen scientists." Thomas Jefferson famously said, "But though an old man, I am but a young gardener." Except that I am a woman, I find that Jefferson's quotation suits my perspective on gardening. I hope to record here my successes and failures in the garden through many happy growing seasons.

Posts by daysingarden:

• Common blue violets–wildflowers or weeds
• Allstar Gourmet Lettuce Mix gets 5 stars
• Sweet bell peppers, hot chile peppers, and frying peppers
• Purple deadnettle, or is it henbit: third winter annual to make a showing
• Are blue jays getting a bad rap
• April is for alliums
• Hairy bittercress has got to go
• Common chickweed–lots of it this spring
• Golden Raindrops crabapple trees
• Short winter for the dark-eyed juncos
• Mourning doves are welcome in my garden
• House sparrow patriarchy