July ’26: The accidental white garden
... and the oddness of normalcy.
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Book Shelf: Wendy Hollender’s showstopper
“The Album of Plant Families” is one to treasure.
One year in this fledgling forest of posts
Thank you for being here.
Grow your own salad
Here’s how — and so many reasons why.
Forest evolution: The mown meadow
Or mown mini-meadow, in my case.
Hot Tip: Sheet mulching
The easy, chemical-free way to reduce lawn/weeds and increase planting space.
Playing Favorites: Common white yarrow
... as excellent as it is ubiquitous.
I have some news
Dreams do come true. Some more slowly than others ...
Instant gratification gardening
Sometimes you gotta give in to the urge.
June ’26: Squirrels gonna squirrel
But a transformative month nevertheless.
Linking About: Violet history, climate optimism, Miss Willmott’s Ghost ...
... and other worthwhile links to peruse.
A ‘triumph’ of ferns
On planting woodland plants in a former parking lot.
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Book Shelf: ‘A Gardener’s Mindset’ by Stephen Orr
The next best thing to actual over-the-fence gardening conversation.
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One garden tool to rule them all
How and why to use a hori hori knife for gardening.
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Playing Favorites: Bowman’s Root
What a pleasant surprise this unassuming beauty turned out to be.
my garden
My unscheduled garden staycation
Scenes from a journey I’ll never regret.
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This is my Christmas morning
A couple of my best sources for you, along with my native plant windfall.
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Hot Tip: ‘Potting up’ as crop succession
Or, how to transplant plants with the least root disruption.
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May ’26: Real live gardening
At long last.
my garden
New plan: The fruit garden
Some ideas are more persistent than others.
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Playing Favorites: The serviceberry
As in the plant, amelanchier, not the book. (Although I love that too.)
books
Book Shelf: Truly stunning ‘Wonderlands’
A big, beautiful repository of glorious garden photos
my garden
Suddenly, it’s veg season!
And I’ve got a makeshift container garden to sort out.
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Lilies of the mountain
Stumbling across native spring ephemerals in the wild.