In defense of mulberry trees
Perhaps you recall as a kid singing the old “Pop Goes the Weasel” ditty. It opens with “All around the mulberry bush...”. Now I have to note that I've yet [...]
Jack Kramer, Guest Ranter
Winter gardens are just sad
I don't find brown, lifeless plants particularly interesting. Many don't have any notable form or shape. They're just dead things sticking up with maybe some seeds or pods at the [...]
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 [...]
Channeling an iconic forager
Guess there's a bit of Euell Gibbons in me. Gibbons was famous as a gourmand of any wild-growing edible he could find. As a fellow outdoorsman, when we moved to [...]
Garden-adjacent pursuits, especially for the slow times
I'm pretty sure most who read this would identify gardening as either a passion or as one among several hobbies, and gardening may permeate one or more of those other [...]
Trailside gardens—a view from the handlebars
Could the definition of “garden” be expanded to include a trail system through public land? Public and private gardens each have features that lend an individual touch. I think of [...]
When the adult kids become gardeners
The gardening bug is something I inherited from both my parents. And, as I discovered, interesting things can happen when your own kids grow up and become gardeners in their [...]
Welcoming the uninvited
Someone defined a weed as any plant that's growing in the wrong spot. I think most would agree it's also any plant that is generally hated. Yet there are some [...]