Return of the No-Mow-Month Meme
UPDATE: More assessments on the no-mow-month campaign since publication of this post: This article in Real Simple includes a quote from Dr. Doug Tallamy: "Dr. Tallamy sees little logic in [...]
UPDATE: More assessments on the no-mow-month campaign since publication of this post: This article in Real Simple includes a quote from Dr. Doug Tallamy: "Dr. Tallamy sees little logic in [...]
Recently I was surprised to hear a friend refer to daffodils as native here in Maryland, an assumption she'd made because they do so well in this region. And that's [...]
Including the traditional art of supporting weeping cherry trees As weeping cherry tree, planted in the 1950s, with new supports. Who knew that the building of supports to [...]
A cover story in the Local Living Section of the Washington Post about garden gnomes? I say why not, if it's as interesting as this one, teasing us with a [...]
Screen shot from the "Flowers" video Have you heard Miley Cyrus's hit song "Flowers"? So many millions of us have, it's reached #1 on the charts in 13 [...]
With the earlier-than-usual appearance of daffodils here in Maryland, I'm pausing to appreciate the evergreens that help me get through winter, year after year with almost no effort on the [...]
To the surprise of no one, King Charles's coronation emblem (the existence of which probably does surprise most Americans) prominently features plants. His love of organic gardening is well documented. [...]
ChatGPT for Text I bet you've noticed the buzz about new apps that use artificial intelligence and their potential impacts, especially Chat GPT, which creates works of writing [...]
Practicing tossing the hoop in the open area just outside my yard. You know, I've been garden-blogging a LONG time now - since 2005. Then in 2012 [...]
Photo by Kirk Brown in gorgeous lobby of the Lord Baltimore Hotel The Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show at the Baltimore Convention Center is my favorite happening in January [...]
By now I'm betting you've all seen this view of Oprah Winfrey's garden, the set of her famous interviews with Harry and Meghan. But look at another shot of Oprah's [...]
I'm here to recommend a fascinating article about bonsai in the New Yorker - "The Beautiful, Brutal World of Bonsai" - featuring an American who undergoes a "brutal" six-year apprenticeship [...]