It always starts in a simple way. First you have a bit of lawn and a shrub to go along with it. Then you move on to plants and flowers or even, if you’re feeling daring, a tree of medium height.... Read more >>

Digging in the dirt and planting a garden be it vegetable or flower is a rite of passage in the spring. Is it just the feel of the sun and the warm air after winter? Or is it some long lost instinct,... Read more >>

The cyclamen is probably my favorite indoor flowering houseplant. In the old days, it required a very cool environment; but the new hybrids are very adaptable to ordinary room temperatures. Cyclamen... Read more >>

Annuals will give you color throughout the growing season. If you choose the right varieties, they will bloom prolifically well into late fall. They provide the flower power that makes your landscape... Read more >>

My favorite part of summer is waking up to hear birds chirping in my backyard. Even though I’m just as busy then as I am in the winter, I’m less stressed in summer because the birdsong... Read more >>

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 wild morning glory vines, thorny blackberries, and weedy... Read more >>

Are you yearning for homegrown fruits and vegetables but don’t have the space? Or afraid that your gardening experiment will end up yielding… nothing? Daily Grommet’s latest... Read more >>

The gardening cult puzzles some folks. But for members, digging our hands in the earth helps us to make peace with—or take a rest from—grappling with life’s mysteries. The man... Read more >>

It was ten past midnight. I could feel cool air graze the hairs on the back of my neck as I wrapped one sweaty palm around the lump in my pocket. The streets were empty; it was just me... Read more >>

One of my New Year resolutions was to turn the backyard into well something other than a weed choked eye sore. My main focus at the moment is refilling the ever-expanding sinkhole in the second story... Read more >>