Well, it’s comforting to know that in the midst of world chaos, economic devastation and unprecedented anxiety, the HOA Clipboard Police are still doing their jobs. While chatting with a [...]
The latest in the on-going correspondence between Marianne Willburn and Scott Beuerlein. 6 March 2020 Lovettsville, VA Dear Scott, I am grateful to digital correspondence in that I cannot catch [...]
From the editor: Rant readers following the verbal sparring between our own Scott Beuerlein and guest ranter Marianne Willburn may be wondering if the daggers had been sheathed for good [...]
The office is lightly scented with pencil shavings and old coffee mugs this morning. Not an unpleasant smell, but an unfamiliar one. I have ignored this room for two weeks [...]
Somewhere near the bottom of every writer's artistic license, a clever wordsmith will find the following recommendation: Monty Don "Comically exaggerating the position of one's opponent is encouraged [...]
Beth Chatto's Gravel Garden built on the remains of an old car park gives hope to gardeners everywhere that matching the plant to one's conditions can spell success. [...]
Tesselaar’s Blue Storm Agapanthus is worth growing because it’s a high-impact, no-nonsense plant, not because it typifies the 2016 Color of the Year “Serenity” – photo credit: Tesselaar Plants, [...]
by Marianne Wilburn Recently, C.L. Fornari challenged garden writers to consider the way in which we portray the act of gardening. She asked us to discuss whether our tendency to [...]
A productive weekend is behind me. I've re-organized the shed, wired in a new light for the barn cats, planted six five-gallon Itea and marked out the corners for the [...]
