Our gardens, our guest ranters’ gardens, and other people’s home gardens.
Bird Raccoon Bath Some years ago I bought a bird bath and followed all the rules for getting the most bird visitors - like placing a perfectly shaped pan at [...]
When I told a friend who lives in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware that I was blogging about the roses I saw blooming there last week she said, "Oh, all the Knockouts"? [...]
Visitors' first sight of my front garden - before. I have a happy update to a rant about hating my arborvitae hedge, which I had removed in late [...]
Packera aurea (a/k/a golden groundsel or golden ragwort) in my garden; azaleas at the National Arboretum Ever been excited about a new plant until you saw what was [...]
We live fairly near The Laskett. So seeing it was open, we thought we'd have an afternoon out and went to visit. And we took lots of photos - so [...]
I don't recall ever seeing a garden so prominent in a movie, with most of the scenes set in the garden, as in the Oscar-nominated film The Zone of Interest. [...]
We have been together for going on 4 years and thousands of miles." Do you remember the first time you got on a bike as a kid and [...]
Marilyn Monroe in downtown Palm Springs, Calif This is my 4th and final post about my trip to California last month. That should satisfy the Western reader who [...]
Aerial view of Santa Monica Pier - actually two adjoining piers that have long had separate owners. My next post about the gardens of California (you didn't think [...]
In the past, I tried different systems—various word files, spreadsheets, folders filled with dirty plant tags, and more. But none of these worked. They depended on following up after a day in the garden, or keeping tags or notes in some kind of order. File under "Never Had a Chance."
This week I'm here to show off visions of peak fall color in my tiny townhouse back garden. Hey, maybe it'll inspire other gardeners in small spaces. The top photo [...]
It was the end of the tour. We had seen magnificent fall foliage throughout the Niagara Falls area, including near the cataract itself, on Goat Island, along the gorge at [...]
