A few months ago, I was asked if I'd like to visit Little Rock and P. Allen Smith's Moss Mountain Farm, a/k/a the Garden Home …
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Crystalline surfaces
Ah, blessed rain fell all day Easter Sunday, and thick fog layered itself over the garden this morning. Although the roses …
Walkabout
Although the garden as a whole doesn't have a lot of color, if I lean in close, I find so many things like this little skipper on …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: April, 2011
I feel like the blue in this dianthus' foliage. I'm cold. After several days in the mid-80s, we've dropped to a chilly 48F. …
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The sovereigns of May are not well pleased
The queens of the garden, the roses for those of you who don't know, are most unhappy about the ill treatment they received in …
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Vertical gardening with Garden Up!
Two friends, Rebecca Sweet and Susan Morrison, have teamed up to create a fun new gardening book, Garden Up!: Smart Vertical …
Be it ever so humble . . .
Home. What memories does that word conjure up for you? For me, it's a garden full of earthly delights starting with bulbs …
Just call me a plant buying fool
Do you remember in 2009 when I gave up buying plants for Lent? This Lent, I decided to give up desserts instead. It's a much more …
Redbud revelry
Each year, just when we fear winter will never end, redbuds swell and eventually pop open creating a purple fantasy. I think God …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, March: the daffodils have it
Please forgive me for being late to Bloom Day hosted by Carol of May Dreams Gardens. I apologize. I was laying sidewalk from the …
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Awaken your sense of child-like wonder
The weather is finally turning a bit, and I've been planting like a busy bee. Today, as I dug holes for an apricot tree and four …
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