Another great plant group for the fall garden is the asters, and the best of these is 'Bluebird' smooth aster. I have many …
Pink muhly grass in Oklahoma
Pink muhly grass is the big star this week in my Little Cedar Garden. My five plants have finally grown into their adult …
Yorkshire Garden Trip: Newby Hall
One of my favorite gardens we visited on our Yorkshire Garden Trip was Newby Hall. Newby Hall was built for William Weddell, …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: Daylily season
It's Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, and since it's June, it's daylily season. Time for me to flit about the garden and wax rhapsodic …
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Why do gardens matter?
In this age of hyper-technology and a corresponding increase in nature blindness, why do gardens matter? This is the question I've …
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: April
As I write this Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, it is 29°F this morning. Yesterday was a howling, cold day with a high of 43°. We …
Garden work
Garden work Garden work is blessed work, but it's still work. That's why garden tasks are called chores. Last Sunday, in …
A trip to High Line Park
A visit to the New York City and the High Line. We just returned from New York City. Visiting the Big Apple during the Christmas …
First freeze
Last weekend, the garden woke to 29° F. It was quite a shock to the garden, but the gardener was secretly relieved at the first …
Of love and late-summer flowers
Lately, I've been thinking a lot about love and late-summer flowers. I'm not sure what brought on these musings, but I think it …
Rain = sweet garden relief
As I woke this morning, I heard the unmistakable sound of raindrops hitting the skylight above my bed. I sat up and glanced …
No garden variety apologies needed
While shopping at box stores and garden nurseries, I often see old friends and meet new ones, usually over plants. In fact, it's …