I couldn’t help but join my fellow gardeners with posts airing a bit of their dirty laundry. You know why? Because at some point during the year, we’ve all got some. Here is my most recent bit of what some may call ugly. Shall we list the crimes? Let’s see… how about we start with [...]

I’ve decided to take the Native Plant Challenge issued over on Garden Smackdown. Andrew Keys (@oakleafgreen … do follow, you won’t be sorry) created a roll call of all the natives in his garden to help bring awareness to these wonderful plants. Now I’m a big fan of natives, but I’m no purist. I completely [...]

Mother Nature seems to be a little annoyed with me these days as she seems to conjure up rain whenever I have few days off. She does this every few years and although I am never sure exactly what I did, I know she will forgive me eventually. In the mean time, I find myself [...]