Stories of gardening, including design, techniques, and the occasional “how-to.”
Browntail moth – note the tail! My post about Lyme Disease – especially my forgetting to freak out about it, thanks to worrying about Covid – prompted this [...]
This is a year when speculation about the future underlies almost everything we do. When will we be able to see children/grandchildren/siblings who live in another state or country? When [...]
Some candidates for fall planting Never mind clean-up. Winter will take care of most of that. This is when I like to tear the garden apart. First comes [...]
This might be Creme Upstar, though not double enough. Nothing lasts forever. Beauty is fleeting. You’re heard these hackneyed sayings many times. But maybe this year they’re worth [...]
I knew full well what I was getting into. My dormant gardening genes from my father's side kicked in back in 1987, soon after my wife and I bought our [...]
In the beginning there were blessed, soaking rains. Then came the curse of the tangled hose. The Romans built aqueducts to move water around. I, on the other hand, drag [...]
Back in May of 2018 I ranted about the "New Look for Gardeners Freaked out about Lyme Disease" using this image of a hazmat suit for yucks to illustrate the [...]
For whatever they are worth, here are some stray observations that have rattled around in my noggin lately when I’ve had too much time to think. Let’s start positive! Why [...]
Well, here we are, enjoying our first pandemic. Most of us anyway. But even the flimsiest grasp of history informs us that bad times are a dime a dozen. The [...]
May 14, 2020 Lovettsville, VA Dear Scott, My heart aches for you and your family coping with the loss of your mother. In a normal year it would be emotionally [...]
In a recent post I mentioned hiring an expert to teach my coop to prune their (damn) shrubs and linked to the pruning instruction that resulted. The shocker to me and [...]
