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.
Playing Favorites: Bowman’s Root
What a pleasant surprise this unassuming beauty turned out to be.
My unscheduled garden staycation
Scenes from a journey I’ll never regret.
This is my Christmas morning
A couple of my best sources for you, along with my native plant windfall.
Hot Tip: ‘Potting up’ as crop succession
Or, how to transplant plants with the least root disruption.
May ’26: Real live gardening
At long last.
New plan: The fruit garden
Some ideas are more persistent than others.
Playing Favorites: The serviceberry
As in the plant, amelanchier, not the book. (Although I love that too.)
Book Shelf: Truly stunning ‘Wonderlands’
A big, beautiful repository of glorious garden photos
Suddenly, it’s veg season!
And I’ve got a makeshift container garden to sort out.
Lilies of the mountain
Stumbling across native spring ephemerals in the wild.
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Linking About: Why trees are good for you
... and a matter of public health.
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April ’26: The pink and green of it all
What a joy, after the winter that was.
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Sometimes gardening looks like painting and building
An Infrastructure Month update.
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Playing Favorites: The unfairly maligned Lady Violet
She’s beautiful, assertive, even edible — what’s not to love?
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Read This: ‘North Woods’ by Daniel Mason
A novel for plantspeople and nature lovers — among other things.
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Make bugs not war
Thoughts (and links) on why and how to cultivate insect life.
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On My List: Early Bloomers
Gorgeous native alternatives to my favorite imported bulbs.
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March ’26: It’s all happening!
Goodbye asphalt, hello leaflets — things are finally in motion.
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Playing Favorites: Pride of Madeira
This bit of garden nostalgia is also a cautionary tale.
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Linking About: ‘Nature amnesia,’ ‘Glorians,’ ‘Chop and drop’ ...
... and lots more insightful and inspiring links to explore.
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On My List: Ferns, finally!
The actual dream.
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Book Shelf: “The Essential Garden Book”
Terence Conran and Dan Pearson’s follow-up to the legendary House Book.