When we were buying our first house, we shopped a lot. Our realtor must have been exhausted by us. On one occasion, we saw a home that opened up to a lower level that had a fully grown lemon tree right in the middle of it, growing from a large ... Read More
When Emily Dickinson wrote this poem in the mid-1800s, she may or may not have been thinking about flowers for a vegetable garden. There’s really no way to say. She ... Read More
Some days I feel like I'm mastering the art of flower gardening. Other days? Well, I do love them, but sometimes I feel like we would all be better off ... Read More
One of the things I love about gardening is that anyone who wants to can have at least a small garden. A few pots by the window or several containers ... Read More
I remember being in third grade and my teacher separated two of the annoying boisterous kids (okay, one of them was me), and said: “You two just can’t be around ... Read More
Dear Friends,
Somewhere between the last word of a goodnight tale and the gentle hush of sleep, I grew up—wrapped in the rich voice of my father spinning stories just for ... Read More
I’ll be the first to admit that I have an overwatered plant or two in my garden every year. It’s not so bad now, but my indoor plants used to ... Read More