LATEST RANTS
Good fences make good gardens. Flags, not so much.
In small townhouse gardens like mine, I've found that fences not only make good neighbors - they help create "garden rooms," the sense of enclosure that makes you want to spend time there and enjoy some privacy. Or at least [...]
Skin Cancer and My Summer Freeze Damage
With temperatures hovering at around a gazillion degrees, it seems strange to Rant about a small spot of freeze damage, a spot which is not on my plants, but on the side of my neck. It happened earlier today, [...]
Planned obsolescence attacks in the garden
Being on a garden tour is great for many reasons. One of the benefits I seldom mention is that I often hear interesting gardening industry news from some of the more experienced visitors. This time, however, the news was not [...]
On Gardening Alone
The author is happy alone in his garden. I believe we gardeners (home hobbyists, not including farmers or those teaching others to garden), are mostly alone when we garden. I’d love to cite some authority for this proposition [...]
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– Washington Post gardening editor Adrian Higgins
To GMO or not to GMO
Probably all of us know about the GMO issues, pro and con. How should they influence our planting as home gardeners? Or should they influence us at all? Some foods regularly appear in the grocery store labeled [...]
Gorgeous Natives I’m Growing that MAKE the Garden
New neighbors have been asking me what native plants I recommend, and could they please see them in my garden? What a great idea! Seeing them in nearby gardens is much more helpful than consulting lists of [...]
Gardeners make terrariums; plants laugh
Then (left) and now The wonderful terrarium I had planted by a local shop last year is still wonderful; it’s just different. The large fishbowl had been the home of 2 previous terrariums, part of [...]
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