A bulb manifesto
November already?! What happened? Oh well. With sunny days sitting in the garden harder to come by, I keep myself occupied and happy with planting and potting bulbs for midwinter [...]
Elizabeth Licata
When laziness in the garden pays off
We love our lists when it comes to the soft news universe - whether it’s home & garden, beauty & fashion or food & dining, lists of ten best, ten [...]
A voice from the Northwest joins Rant
Expect to read rants from Seattle-based Lorene Edwards Forkner starting next week. A longtime garden writer, Lorene was the first woman to edit Pacific Horticulture, a quarterly magazine focused on [...]
Making the most of mums – or not!
Better than mums How to use mums? How many of us get that question? Sure, I see lots of discussions on how to keep mums alive, when to [...]
Time for houseplant fun
Yes, houseplants can be fun, and, in a month or so, after I finish with bulbs, they’ll be the only plants I’m tending until spring. I’ve never been sure why, [...]
Trees? We have enough?
Black Tupelo tree, very rare Now here’s a campaign rallying cry you don’t hear too often: “Don’t we have enough trees around here?” It came from the Republican [...]
When petunias had scent
Sure, I know there isn’t much buy-in for common annuals these days. Now we can add to the historic disdain - from many longtime gardeners, though certainly not all - [...]
Planned obsolescence attacks in the garden
Being on a garden tour is great for many reasons. One of the benefits I seldom mention is that I often hear interesting gardening industry news from some of the [...]
Getting ready for garden judgment
Over the past couple months, I’ve been more of a garden gawker than usual. In June, I was one of a group of garden communicators touring private gardens in Madison, [...]
Report from Madison: green as far as the eye can see
It took a while for me to realize that almost all the gardens we were visiting in and around Madison, Wisconsin, had one feature in common. It finally sunk in [...]
Lilacs in the darkness
Photo by Yiulia Narmuntseva Flowers can bring consolation sometimes. It depends on the situation. Recently we were sent a number of pictures from an organization that we support: [...]
You don’t need “no mow” to help pollinators
Now that “No Mow May” is half over, I want to support Susan in her recent critique of the “no mow” movement. I totally agree with her that if you’re [...]