Hortus sanus. Most gardeners recognize hortus sanus when they see it. It is what we want for ourselves, for every gardener. It is what we hope for, plan for, work for, and plant for. …
I Am Both Excited and Scared
Stapelia bud I am both excited and scared. Back in 2008, when I visited Austin, Texas for the first garden bloggers’ get together, Annie in Austin gave me a start of her Stapelia, which she had …
Reprise: Six Garden Lessons From Hoes
Garden gate in garden in Dallas, Texas Sometimes gardeners who read my blog and then meet me in person will confess to me that they have never used a hoe in their garden. Some will admit to not …
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Fairy Houses: A Guest Post
Garden fairies here on this Friday morning. How's everyone doing today? We garden fairies are doing pretty good. Oh, sure, we'd like it to rain as much as Carol would like it to rain, but we …
Garden Design Element: Garden Song
Every garden has its own song. In my garden, the corn stalks long ago dried up but I like to leave them standing so I can listen to the rustling sound they make when the wind blows one stalk against …
“Never… had there been such a summer”
Zephyranthes sp. Faux rain on a rain lily. I tricked this poor lone rain lily into thinking it had rained and got it to bloom one more time for me, a fitting end to this summer of dryness. "Summer, …
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