Okay. I understand the concept of continued maintenance. But dear lord, am I ever going to look out there and not see a mess? Is it like that for everyone? Or is this my particular mental health issue? Our youngest kid had a birthday in July. We celebrated at a...
How do I always forget how cold it gets when we head into winter? I always imagine I'll do this task and that--after the weather is finished with being too hot. Hah! Rumor has it we're getting our first freeze over the next couple days. Soon, I can put away any notion...
We've been experiencing a few technical difficulties with email notification of new plant lust blog posts. It's our sincere hope that the situation is rectified. Thusly, it'd be grand to hear from you if you hear from us. Here's a little story about some good luck in...
I'm not sure why, but my mind has been wandering back to a few of the gardens I had the pleasure of visiting during the 2013 Garden Bloggers Fling in San Francisco. This one in particular stands out, it's obviously a garden created by a plant lover, plants are tucked...
I always love hearing how, and when, someone caught the gardening-bug. In my case it was destined to be -- it wasn't anything I decided to do -- gardening was just something you did, that everyone did. My grandfather grew a remarkable vegetable garden, wait -- make...
Last week we shared some of your favorite plants for winter interest, this week we wrap it up. I'm going to start with a "favorite" that demonstrates what an odd winter this had been – weather-wise – for a great deal of the United States. The comment came from Rhode...
Last February I was inspired to do the unthinkable; count my containers – and thus admit that things might just have gotten a bit out of hand. I wasn’t going to take that dangerous step alone however, I wanted company and thankfully a couple of gardening friends were...