I have poison ivy. Not bad, but still lousy. In light of that, here’s a bit on the evil ivy from author Ann Patchett. It’s from an essay she wrote on Tennessee as part of an anthology of essays on all 50 states, and I’d been saving it for later in the summer, but it [...]

I met up with a group of the most intelligent, engaging landscape designers and garden types from Twitter at Margaret Roach’s garden this past weekend. Margaret and her garden are both truly a class act, and she and I have similar taste (read: we geek out over the same plants), so watch for photos from [...]

I have a thing for weird herbs (har har), and in 2008 I discovered Horizon Herbs. They sell mostly seeds, and while I still haven’t had much success with seeds, some of what they sell is so enticing I had to try a few. Enter Leuzea carthamoides, whose common (uncommon?) name is maral root, but [...]

I intended to post something of substance written by me today, but it ain’t happenin’. Banner images here are acting up, probably because they know the cat’s away. Please disregard the man behind the curtain and instead be distracted by a favorite passage from a favorite short story: But it was wading ankle deep, when [...]

“Look at that green, out through the screen, after a quick rain came… The grass is happy, and I think, ‘So am I…’” Seu browser não suporta iframes. Download this album at Amazon* → *Amazon Associates link. If you buy, you support the artist, and you support me too!

So! Sorry for the blip recently… I’ve been, shall we say, busy? Outdoors? Doing actual gardening for other people, and myself? Did you know it takes a lot of time? How about a brief entry on a plant? A plant! I know! It starts with an exchange from last summer at Wave Hill in New [...]

Well, folks, our frost date is still a couple of weeks away, but it is SPRING, DAMMIT. I’M CALLING IT. Seu browser não suporta iframes. Josh Ritter is another of my all-time favorite artists, and whaddya know? He has a new album out TODAY! We should all buy it, I can assure you we should. [...]