Expect some controversy on a blog named Gardenrant. Our posts on hot topics are sometimes unexpected, even politically incorrect!
Is there any garden center that doesn't carry coneflower? Now and again, someone asks me where they can buy native plants. Sometimes they go on to complain [...]
And lawn culture is still very much an issue. My front "yard;" a lawn would never thrive here, even if I wanted one. Later, shade perennials will fill it [...]
The Problem of Looking Stupid Shovel, soil, sweat, is digging a hole as mindless as it looks? Here’s how to look stupid: start digging a hole. Einstein, himself, [...]
This morning's share After a brief flurry of “I’m leaving” posts, the talk about Facebook’s crimes has died away from my feed. Everything seems back to normal (whatever [...]
Though not a big theater-goer, I HAD to see the comedy "Native Gardens" when it played in DC because it's about next-door neighbors representing different demographics and attitudes toward gardening. I'll admit [...]
Goldenrod and another wildflower by North/South Lakes in the Catskills A recent post from my good friend, gardener and blogger, Gail Eichelberger, poses the question, “What’s wrong with [...]
Mike Hayman photo Since the tragic weekend in Charlottesville, I have wondered why so few people have paid so little attention to trees. Much attention has been given [...]
Not a good mix This was to be a post touting the glorious weekend I had exploring the DC area with fellow garden bloggers. But, while I was [...]
Will the wild orchids in my woods survive the changes of the next half century? There was a certain irony in the timing, given America’s withdrawal from the [...]
Life is messy. I think we can all agree. You’d like to keep all the separate activities—professional life, family, hobbies, friends, travel—in their little boxes, but it’s never easy. Things [...]
Everything will come up roses. Alternative facts, that is. If there is any group of people that has learned to accept unpleasant realities—often brought on by natural forces—that [...]
Photo courtesy of Andrew Cline and shutterstock.com I had no idea it was National Margarita Day. A Sanibel Island waitress mentioned it to us a few weeks ago. [...]
