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Out in the Garden

Judith Fetterley

"Out in the Garden" is a bi-weekly newsletter describing how my adventures with plants keeps me keen and vital. I shares nature's "news" with humor, but I also aim to provoke reflection on the complicated interconnections between plants and people.

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Busy. And mad?

May 6, 2026

Busy. And mad?

I’ve been busy, very busy, very very very busy.

I’ve been busy pruning. I know it sounds arrogant, but I am very grateful for my ability to prune. I consider it an art form, equivalent to sculpting. I can see t...

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Wake Up, Gardener

April 10, 2026

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The garden season has started and I am out picking up the endless sticks that the multi-stemmed river birch (Betula nigra), aka the Tantrum Tree, throws down on the lawn. I think of it as protesting, “Get...

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March 2026

March 23, 2026

March 2026

“I hate March,” says my friend Bob as we prune the redtwigged dogwoods at the Bethlehem Town Hall Garden in the snow. I know what he means, but I also know that March is the month when, whether we are ready or no...

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A Hopeful Sort of Folk

March 6, 2026

A Hopeful Sort of Folk

Yesterday was warmer. Yesterday it rained. Yesterday I glimpsed poking through the snow a leaf of the Japanese fountain grass I leave up for winter interest. I didn’t see winter interest; I saw spring....

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Lineage

February 17, 2026

Lineage

I can still hear my mother, striking her cane on the floor for emphasis, as she tells me about my father’s refusal to leave their apartment in their residence for seniors.

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    I have been a writer since third grade and a gardener for over 35 years. Writing about my experiences as a gardener has taken me to a whole new relationship with words and with plants. This is what I write about.

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