This is nuts. It's been a year of extremes--all over the world, and all in the wrong places. It's rough on a gardener's constitution. Don't you think? I broke down and bought a new sprinkler a few days ago. In my rich fantasy life, I'd imagined a single sprinkler head...
Throw a wee winter storm my way, and apparently I’m done with the garden. I thought I'd be better, get out there and do this and that. Then I told myself, it'd be a good time to turn my interest toward indoor plants. Some challenges have ensued. But outdoors, the...
I’ve been studying trees for my new garden this week, and with so many worthy candidates, I'm giddy at the prospects. In my last garden, I got a bit carried away, adding some 25 trees in our 50 x 100 city lot. All in all, I loved those trees, but probably wouldn’t...