Hot Tip: Sheet mulching
The easy, chemical-free way to reduce lawn/weeds and increase planting space.
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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.
Book Shelf: ‘A Gardener’s Mindset’ by Stephen Orr
The next best thing to actual over-the-fence gardening conversation.
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.
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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.
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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.
links
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?
books
Read This: ‘North Woods’ by Daniel Mason
A novel for plantspeople and nature lovers — among other things.