Come walk with me down Ridgewood Avenue. Enter in the shade and exit in the sun by the Vegetable Garden Cathedral. Walk slowly now. On the left is August Dreams Garden which will be in peak bloom …
Gardening at the speed of contemplation
What is the best speed at which to garden? Too slow, and nothing gets done. Too fast, and the gardener ends up exhausted. Just right, and the garden looks good and the gardener is happy. This …
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There is just one mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum There is just one mayapple. I should pull up this one mayapple like it is a weed. It might take over my woodland wildflower garden. I never planned to have mayapples in my …
I will not panic…
As I head out to the garden on this lovely May March morning, I will not panic at the sight of lilacs in bloom and run inside to check the calendar again. I will not falter in my quest to remove …
Madness
Madness. How else does one describe the thoughts of a gardener on the first warm day of spring? How does one explain the furtive glances out the window, the longing to go out and do something, …
Feeling the garden
How would you describe this garden? By the names of the flowers - coneflowers, statis, coreopsis? By what is there - flowers, lawn, evergreen, fence? Or would you describe it by how it makes you …
