My Garden
When my husband, Michael, and I moved from a mobile home into our first real house, the nearly three-quarter acre property was a mess of... Read more
I have had a long love/hate relationship with a hedge of flowering quince; also known as the Chaenomeles speciosa or the Texas Scarlet shrub. Nearly fifteen years... Read more
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