Stories of gardening, including design, techniques, and the occasional “how-to.”
A garden that accommodates change The catchy phrase "right plant, right place" has gone viral in the gardening world, and it makes me groan. If these words referred only [...]
Sower with Setting Sun “I dream my painting and I paint my dream.” Vincent Van Gogh I doubt, at my age, I will be sowing too many wild oats. [...]
The other day I was working in this garden, digging up and planting large clumps of these Black-eyed Susans, when my body suddenly scared the bejesus out of me. My [...]
Fall brings on the urge to clean up, but reconsider! I was reporting for jury duty, feeling anonymous in a pool of fellow citizens, when the court officer [...]
Well, what with the recent screeching turn in the weather, it’s beginning to feel like the 2018 gardening season is wrapping up. Moreover, I just spent a few days organizing [...]
Way back in 1914, an awful calamity happened that would ruin gardening in America forever. With the seemingly benevolent stroke of his pen, Woodrow Wilson foisted the Tyranny of Mother’s [...]
I may have come across the future of American farming. Mind you, what I found was small-scale farming, but if farming and rural communities are to survive, it may come [...]
I was raised as a careful Yankee -- my father’s people were from small town and rural New England. I turn off the lights as I leave a room; take [...]
Orange spray-painted allium schubertii with purple angelonia It does seem a bit hypocritical. For years, we have consistently ranted or hosted guest rants decrying glittery silver poinsettias, blue [...]
So long ago that I can’t remember when, I gave up on the idea of having any real pride in myself. It wasn’t what anyone would call a decision. No [...]
Buttresses and bas-relief sculptures seen behind Knockout roses Of all the historic buildings in my town, my favorite is what's now the Community Center, so it's full of [...]
Like many beginning gardeners, I was initially attracted by easy, “do it all” solutions. I soon learned that there are no such things, but that was after I bought a [...]
