“Stray puppies." They show up in places we’d never expect to find them. Sometimes they are dirty and mal-nourished, looking a bit afraid while at the same time trying to put on a brave face to show …
Another Garden Design Element Discovered: Horttery
Mystery! Intrigue! What is down there? Down there is yet another garden design element that I want to find in my garden. This particular grate at the Dallas Arboretum most likely functions as a …
Continue Reading about Another Garden Design Element Discovered: Horttery →
Five Types of Shrub Buyers
Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low' After completing extensive research, mostly from years of buying shrubs, I’ve noted five types of shrub buyers. The Researcher: The researchers know exactly what shrubs they …
Three Acronyms To Help You With Bulb Planting
It’s late August and our thoughts turn to buying bulbs to plant this fall for spring flowers next year. With the garden design in progress, an overall busy summer, and a garden so dry that it seems …
Continue Reading about Three Acronyms To Help You With Bulb Planting →
GUTS: A New Gardener’s Acronym
It takes guts to garden under tough situations (GUTS). Where we garden, whether it is on the edge of the Arctic Circle or the middle of the Mojave Desert or some place in between can make it tough …
Dear Friends and Gardeners August 16, 2010
Dear Dee and Mary Ann and Gardening Friends Everywhere, This past week we got to experience something that hasn’t happened around here in years. Years, I tell you. Unfortunately that something was …
Continue Reading about Dear Friends and Gardeners August 16, 2010 →
