Organic gardener growing food and flowers, lovin' pollinators and birds.

May rushes in with blooming tulips and daffodils. The peonies are starting to bud, the milkweed is poking up out of the ground, and the Kwan...
Every year I like to play this game called, “Winter isn’t coming yet.”  It’s a game of procrastination. How much can I put off planting unti...
It's the time we have been waiting for — spring! Here is the growing list of items to work on this month: Pest control:  I'm...
When the gardening season begins, you never know what it has in store: excessive heat or rain; a bounty or dearth of edible crops; too many ...
Cultivating a garden leads many gardeners to become collectors. Justin McLaughlin of Newport, Rhode Island, has done just that, curating ...
I love to grow dahlias, but I do not have the ideal set up to overwinter them. Living in Connecticut means that I need to dig u...
What a week of extremes. The week began with a dusting of snow, which was a reminder of how little time there is left to settle the gard...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — "This ivy is from Buckingham Palace." It was stated matter of factly in small caps typeface. I squinted at...
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