Helping Gardeners Grow

Although I prune roses every year, and have for decades, I really don’t know what I’m doing. Yes, I know about outward facing buds, cros...

I only went out to cut some forsythia. But the sweet little white crocuses that opened up this morning were such a welcome sight that I had...

Why might you cut a tree down in a landscape where trees are as scarce as trillium in a deer-infested forest? This is what I asked Joachina ...

How big? Maybe 17 inches. Big. Big enough to keep my spinach and garlic very very snug. I expect big things from them in spring, because sn...

My state of mind in winter follows a similar pattern every year. First relief. Snow covers the ground, nothing is growing, and I don’t have ...

It’s bitter cold and windy. My arugula finally gave up, and Wegman’s tomatoes are starting to look attractive (but not enough so to actually...

I have a thing for old tools. Tin secateurs, curved sickles, and bent-wire cultivators are among my favorite finds. My very first acquisiti...