If you can find some, take a spoon and drip a bit on the end of your tongue. Your taste buds will begin to rock the rumba, and you …
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Dear Friends and Gardeners, July 26, 2010
Dear Carol, Mary Ann and all of our dear friends, We've hit those days of summer which separate true gardeners from those who …
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Native flowers perform double duty in the garden
I'm not all about natives. You know that. I grow named cultivars of roses, phlox, daylilies, crapemyrtles and pretty much anything …
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Designing a garden
Doug Green, a friend of mine from Garden Writers Association, asked several of us to do a guest post on his blog about designing a …
Wildflower Wednesday: Coreopsis tinctoria, golden tickseed
I always think it's interesting that the beautiful genus of Coreopsis is commonly referred to as tickseed. Frankly, it unnerves me …
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Dear Friends and Gardeners, July 19, 2010
Dear Carol, Mary Ann and all of other friends, I'm hot, and yesterday, the water well broke in the middle of my shower. It's …
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, July 2010, high summer
The rains have come and gone throughout most of the spring and now well into summer. The garden looks overblown and flousy like a …
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Wildflower Wednesday: Russelia equisetiformis
Okay, so Russelia equisetiformis, commonly known as firecracker plant or coral plant, isn't native to the United States. It is, …
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To love and lifelong friendships
Yesterday, as we were driving, my youngest daughter, Bear, broke into my garden writing reverie by suddenly saying, "Annie and …
Small but mighty gardens of Buffalo’s Cottage District
Ever bemoaned your lack of space? Felt uninspired by a tiny urban lot? What do other gardeners do with small, urban lots? In …
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A Niagara Falls state of mind
Call it cheesy, call it trite, but I spend the summers recreating the classic vacations of the 1960s. My parents were broke, and …
Dear Friend and Gardener, July 5, 2010
Dear Carol and Mary Ann and Gardening Friends Everywhere, My letter is a bit tardy because I had to regroup this morning after …
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