It’s garden tour day! My garden is on the Laurel Historical Society’s garden tour. It feels a little like my … More

This may be my favorite way to experience my garden – windows thrown open, at dusk or dawn, from my … More

The garden is entering its summer lull, when the fresh bloom of spring turns to the hot jungle green of … More

I’ve been gardening for bugs and butterflies and birds for a long time, or so I thought. A couple of … More

There are cardinals nesting in the tangly innards of the crossvine this year. That makes me very happy.

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.