Greetings friends! I know you're wondering...how can anything be fickle and also faithful? The faithful part is easy to explain. . Phlox...

A greater contrast to the gardens I had been enjoying I couldn't imagine.

Now that the holidays are behind us with all their noise and glitter and magic, it feels as though winter is really here. The quiet...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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?...

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...

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

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...

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...

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....

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...

Greetings, fellow flower-lovers! Once again, my garden is bested by nature. Try as I might, my little patch of soil will never have the...

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...

Isn't it wonderful to see color again outside? Yes, the sky is still grey, and most of the trees are still bare. But there's yellow and...