I'm having a wildflower kind of a day. And by that I don't mean that I'm skipping merrily down a country lane, winding a wreath of wildfl...

I thought to offer you a few gardening tips that I've learned over the years. I'm not sure they are anything amazing, but they've certain...

I took myself on a ramble the other day. The breeze was blowing, the birds singing, and a road I had never traveled down before beckoned....

Life lately has been a heavy thing. There have been tough things to go through, hard things to swallow. For me, when the heavy, hard thin...

A new season, a new reason for a get-together. Another reason to pull out my brown transfer-ware. I've collected a few pieces, not enough...

Lest you think I care only for flowers, I decided it was high time to show off some vegetables. Some of these are from my garden, and som...

I had tea with a hydrangea today, just her and I, cozy as could be. We sat and admired the blue and white teacups for a while, along with...

Vegetables mixed with flowers add texture and surprise in this bouquet. Suitably, it is photographed in front of the kitchen garden. A fe...

It can't all be weeding and watering, fertilizing and pruning, otherwise, I rather think there wouldn't be any gardens. So take a stroll w...

A sure winner in the summer garden, phlox is my go-to, especially for beginning gardeners. The rewards of this perennial are as numerous ...

Greetings from the middle, the betwixt and between of spring and fall, the center of summer gardening. It's a busy time, is it not? Water...

What do they all have in common? They're all in my garden, of course! Here is the headboard, the newest in my collection. I made it usefu...

There is a corner of my property that has been neglected, ignored, let go. There were some rhubarb starts there and some currant bushes a...

This is the week, the week of the peonies. You can find them mostly in the older neighborhoods, as one of their best features is their lo...

I find it easy to ignore the garden when it's raining. Truth be told, I might even breathe a sigh of relief. No dragging of hoses or gett...

I took a walk the other morning in the old and lovely part of town. The gardens surrounding these houses were so beautiful, so trim and t...

Is it just me, or have the lilacs this year been tremendous? I don't remember them ever filling the air with this much fragrance. Hopeful...

In honor of May Day, it seems only fitting to share with you my favorite spring pairings. My garden beds are looking rather like a big bo...

Once again, my garden is bested by nature. Try as I might, my little patch of soil will never have the random wildness of a field dotted w...

This could also be entitled, Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started my English Garden. Thing Number One: Mulch I've been ignoring this adv...