May Day

One Day in April

After a slow start to spring we finally have warmth, and we have flowers. Some of my favorites at this … More

Every garden has its particular nemesis, that one weed that outdoes all others. For my garden that weed is pilewort, … More

I can’t call it spring yet, but these are the signs of winter’s end.

This winter’s project was a set of shallow steps and a retaining wall to manage the backyard’s slope. I have … More

The paperwhite bulbs I bought in December have done their thing, and the amaryllis my mom gave me for Christmas … More

A nice winter day means ladder time – time for pruning, repairing, tying in. And so on this 50 degree … More

I didn’t want to garden, but I did. It is that late fall lull, where everything in the garden is … More

Summer is well and truly over. It isn’t so much that it is cold or even brisk, but that the … More

Is the gardeners. I made a new garden friend, and we immediately did what gardeners do: exchanged plants. I have … More