Sometimes we Ranters have other things to say – maybe about life – because we don’t JUST garden, ya know.
Thursday morning and my deadline looms. How many times can you type a sentence only to erase it? I’ve been working on a world record this week. What can be [...]
A year has gone by since GardenRant celebrated our 15th anniversary by revamping our logo and site, adding new voices, and showcasing our Guest Ranters. Around that time, we also [...]
Anger. Heartbreak. Homicidal thoughts. All stemming from the collision between people who don’t garden, and the garden of someone who does. Thought I’d tell the tale as the classic tragedy [...]
Rose and I flew to Washington last Saturday, a few hours after devastating tornadoes tore through our beloved Kentucky. My heart aches. The remnant storm winds shaved 15 minutes off [...]
It’s happened again. The quizzical stare – the wide smile – the head cocked to one side, all ending with the tentative, half-apologetic question. And even though the asking of [...]
End of season It’s autumn at the moment, (just?) and it seems the garden is blazing in glory with the autumn colours, even when the sun fails to shine. [...]
My physical therapist recently asked the question as she was prodding and poking me this week, and it elicited an immediate positive reaction from the part of me that still [...]
In this Washington Post article we learn of an expensive legal battle (because aren't they all?) between Kerry Kennedy, daughter of RFK, and the man who bought Hickory Hill, where [...]
Photos of Greenbelt, Maryland from the Library of Congress collection. The garden city movement, which began in 1898 in the U.K., is described as a "method of urban planning in which self-contained [...]
Last weekend a friend and I happened upon a neighborhood yard sale filled with all the stuff my kids will be flogging when my husband and I permanently exit stage [...]
It’s a running joke amongst our friends that our place is the safe house for any type of future apocalyptic scenario. I’d like to believe that they just want to [...]
A Choral Feast. At Christmas we went to a (socially distanced) concert in Hereford Cathedral. We are great fans of small choirs who sing Renaissance, Baroque and modern choral music: [...]
