One spring, forty years ago, a young girl toddled after her grandmother in the small yard behind her grandmother's white-frame …
The mighty amaryllis
Yesterday, I bought two amaryllis bulbs from two different places, one in a red pot from Whole Foods and the other at, horror of …
Attitude of gratitude: a gluten and dairy free life
I have so much to be grateful for this year. How about you? My mother is healthy for the first time in years, and my sister is …
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, November 2011: pansy power!
When I gaze upon flats of pansies and violas, I always wonder why the word pansy developed into such a negative connotation. Pansy …
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Why I plant alliums
I can hear you sigh. First, with delight, and then you remember purple alliums don't often return for a repeat performance here. …





