I Hate Winter…But It Has Its Rewards
I know I’m not alone when I say that I detest the winter season. It has only gotten worse in the past few years. In fact, since I have enthusiastically embraced the green living lifestyle, my contempt...
View ArticleMarking the passage of time in the garden
A couple of years ago I managed to get organized enough to photograph my potager through several months. The changes from month to month documented in the photos were a bit like watching some low-tech,...
View ArticleBumblebee Garden in snow…and an announcement about food
No sooner had I posted about the changing seasons in my backyard when we finally had the first snow of the season. My feeling is that if it’s going to be unbearably cold, it might as well snow. So I...
View ArticleLet it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!
That’s right. Bring it on, baby. I have a month’s worth of groceries, a snow shovel and plenty of work and projects to keep me busy. It’s a good thing too because we’re not going anywhere anytime...
View ArticleSouthern Hospitality and a Winter Garden in Davidson
Does anyone do hospitality better than Southerners? Perhaps. But I can’t think of who right now because last week I was in Davidson, NC, speaking at the Davidson Horticultural Symposium where the...
View ArticleTaming Nature: The Start of a Woodland Garden
Ah, January. I have created a new folder in Photoshop Bridge entitled Garden 2011. I have one single photo in it, but it’s an important one—a shot of where we’ll be creating a woodland garden. Out of...
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