top of page
My Pick:




Search By Tag:
Stay In The Know:



Think Spring (in September?)
While the season screams pumpkins, mums and all things 'harvest,' it's actually the perfect time to plant Spring bulbs. Here are some...


Got squirrel-friends?
I love attracting wildlife to the yard. In fact, I spend good money buying seed, planting shrubbery and diligently refreshing the bird...


Would you Grow a Flower if No One Could See?
There are gardens and then there are gardens. We are naturally more impressed by the exotic and sensational. When you walk the carefully...


Digging Deeper
Spinach is feast or famine in our household. My husband likes to grow it from seed and one little packet makes a LOT of plants. Did you...


Living with Labels
"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...


Do what you Love
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...


Got Weeds?
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...


Mirror, Mirror on the Ball
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,...


Pondering Progress
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...


The Well-Watered Garden
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...
Search by Category

009 (2)

bottom of page


