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 [...]

“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!

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. [...]

OK, so lots of songs unrelated to gardening remind me of gardening, but the refrain of this song particularly reminds me of gardening. “I wanted to control it, but love, I couldn’t hold it” — how often have you said that about YOUR garden? I know I have. Seu browser não suporta iframes. Download this [...]

Earth Day is this week! Here’s a little ditty to remind you how we all share this land. Seu browser não suporta iframes. Buy this album on Amazon* → *Amazon Associates link.

I have decided this particular Monday shall rock, and this has been my song for rockin’ for a few months now. It just doesn’t get old. Rock with me, Monday. Seu browser não suporta iframes. Order this album on Amazon* → *Amazon Associates link. If you buy, you support the artist, and you support me [...]

Here’s a favorite song from a favorite album by weird, wonderful Juana Molina, an Argentinian artist who’s bound to make you sit up and listen. In a word: parrots. Seu browser não suporta iframes. Pre-order the album on Amazon* → *Amazon Associates link. If you buy, you support the artist, and you support me too!

One of my most favorite bands ever, like of all time, in the whole wide world, has a new album out in May. I can’t wait. Meanwhile, here’s a sample. (Minds out of the gutter! This is a family blog! Their name is a reference to a satirical Japanese film.) Seu browser não suporta iframes. [...]

Tomorrow’s Garden Designers Roundtable topic is color! So of course I had to post the first color-related song that jumps to MY mind. Seu browser não suporta iframes. Tune in for more tomorrow, 1 p.m. EDT!

“The infernal rattling of the rain still remains…” 8.5 inches of it so far. More than a few are in our basement, unnervingly close. I don’t like it, not one bit. Seu browser não suporta iframes. Buy this album on Amazon* → *Amazon Associates link. If you buy, you support the artist, and you support [...]