"What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet." This question posed by Juliet in Shakepeare’s...

What could you accomplish with one arm, twelve lily plants and a plot of marshland beside the Anacostia River? Most of us would see a...

Have you heard the quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson: A weed is a plant whose virtues have never been discovered? Not so for the dandelion...

Gazing balls have graced gardens for hundreds of years dating back to the 13th Century, so I was a little surprised when my friend asked,...

Thirty years and a day ago: I wasn't married. I wasn't a Christian. I'd never grown anything...legally. Boy, what a difference a few...

When is the best time to water your plants? We had a neighbor who used to come home from work, light up a smoke and water her lawn. It...

If it's true what Steven Pressfield says in his book titled, "Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t," why start a gardening blog? I want to...

There’s a saying in gardening that will save you lots of guesswork: right plant, right spot. As I mentioned in the last blog, it’s not...

Have you put your hands in the dirt yet this year? Whether it’s a tomato plant, a seed packet or some starter flowers, the time is upon...

Modern Christian wives are strong, capable and ready for action...until it comes to submission. Unlike our beauty or our "church-face,"...