Plants we love, hate, or just have something to say about.
New neighbors have been asking me what native plants I recommend, and could they please see them in my garden? What a great idea! Seeing them in nearby gardens is [...]
Heat arrived in Kentucky last week. I knew temperatures in the 90s would arrive sometime but hoped climate change would cut us some slack until July. Climate change is cutting [...]
I'd venture to say the vast majority of Americans want their home landscape to be "low-maintenance." Indeed, as low as possible! When I was garden -coaching, at least 95 percent [...]
Sedum sarmentosum trailing with newish Coleus plants. More Weed Talk, but No Poetry I loved learning from Anne about out what "Weeds She Wants." Then for a touch [...]
Photo by Yiulia Narmuntseva Flowers can bring consolation sometimes. It depends on the situation. Recently we were sent a number of pictures from an organization that we support: [...]
My new car (in 2013) on its maiden mulch run. It's MUCH filthier now. Weed Prevention with Green Mulch a/k/a Groundcovers I SO agree with Elizabeth's "Ode to [...]
This is the time of year to enjoy the back of your flowers. Partly because they are very low down at the moment. It was years before I realised [...]
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 [...]
I have many favorite places but will recuse myself on the question of the most beautiful. I am biased by Kentucky’s natural beauty in April and May. It is what [...]
A mighty 150' tall white pine fell in a strong windstorm last Thursday night in Salvisa, Kentucky. My friend Otis Knox planted a dozen of these white pine seedlings [...]
Years ago, I started dragging alocasia and musa in and out of the garden every late spring and fall, but those 3-4 plants have always been incidental music in the [...]
I am repeating an extraordinary tale I heard over 40 years ago, one that deserves retelling. In 1979 I was working for Will Ingwersen, the alpine plants expert and [...]
