Kids and Kudzu for a Better World
Students competing in the 2015 fair We who worry and wonder about our social-media-obsessed youth and the future of horticulture found some relief at a recent gathering of [...]
Bob Hill, Ranter Emeritus
From Seasonal Affective Disorder to Pursuing Inner Happiness with Witchhazels
Dwarf peach 'Theodore Klein' Current politics notwithstanding, I again deal in late winter with a mild case of SAD – Seasonal Affective Disorder – that sluggish, depressed feeling [...]
Historic Utica, Indiana – where tulips make the town
There is a soldiers and sailors memorial garden near the center of my small Ohio River town that also pays homage to our local police and firemen. Nobody wanted to [...]
The Clarion Call of Brugmansia
October is peeking its nose up over the horizon now, shortening the days, painting the landscape, dredging up reluctant thoughts of the leaf blower and raggedy sweaters. And yet it’s [...]
17 New Plants, One Aging Gardener
'Midnight Magic' So having just returned from a favorite nursery with 17 new plants I didn’t really need – but couldn’t live without – my mind leans toward [...]
Perfect Prairie Meadow? More like Field of Broken Dreams
Queen of the Prairie My lust for the perfect prairie meadow show – aided and abated, of course, with the need for a new septic system – began [...]
A Whole Different Spin on Planting in Pots
There have been very few opportunities for even the most avid of gardeners to plant bright red geraniums in an old, gray washing machine tub, so pay attention to this [...]
Carolina Allspice – Olfactory Overload
'Michael Lindsey' I’ve been spending more time of late wandering our eight-acre landscape both because after 42 years here I keep finding old plants I too often overlook, [...]
Me and my Weeping Plants
Guest Post by Bob Hill I have never fully understood my attraction to weeping plants and I really don’t want to pay some nerdy-looking guy with a psychology degree about [...]