Things burst into bloom this past couple of weeks. Highlights are the little fleabane, golden alexanders, packera aurea, and of…

There are small red buds on the crab apple tree, which means spring is here. Admiring the buds, I noticed…

I got a Chip Drop a month ago, and last week I got a citation from the city for having…

I have two Eastern Redbud trees, gorgeous plants with pink blossoms on their bare stems in spring. One is the…

It is seed head season, and I wandered around the garden collecting seeds from native plants I’d like to try…

Garden census: more asters than you can shake a stick at. The garden is overtaken by asters, and for maybe…

I am going to start a regular garden census, noticing all the creatures that call my garden home – those…

I finished construction on the stepped planters. Now for filling them. Every imaginable piece of yard debris has gone in…

Gardening is billed as a great stress reliever, and it is. Usually, I think, those promoting gardening as a mental…