Does it bother you that the metal garden ornament is crooked? Or did you only see the three flowers: St. John's wort, coneflowers, and a hydrangea, and just ignored that metal thing, whatever it …
The Wonder Years of Gardening
I'm enjoying what I like to call The Wonder Years of Gardening in which I wander around and ask myself questions like: I wonder what variety this rose is? (I honestly don't know which leads to the …
Wabi-Sabi Gardening
The all-knowing, all-seeing, all-spying internet algorithms pointed me toward a video last week that explained a little about the concept of wabi-sabi. So why not relate it to gardening? The …
Time Those Gardening Tasks
I've been putting off edging flower borders in the back garden because I didn't think I had the time. And when I say I've been putting it off, I mean I didn't do it last year and might not have done …
A Birdhouse and Peonies
Play along with me. What do you see in this picture? A birdhouse with its lid open? Peonies that need to be deadheaded? An old fence? Or did you wonder if there were baby birds in that …
Bringing Joy Back to Gardening
I was cleaning up my desk yesterday—a great way to turn procrastination into a productive activity—and came across a list of potential topics for future blog posts. There at the top was "How to …
