Water, Water, Where’s the Water?
For many years I watched my landscape wilt under a sweltering summer sun. Then I would pull out the hoses and drag them around the garden, setting up sprinklers, often soaking myself, breaking plants, and hating the process all the while. One time I forgot to turn off...
Protecting an Investment
I love to putter through my garden on summer mornings. I deadhead fading flowers and leaves, look for symptoms of disease or insect damage and enjoy the constant changes that take place throughout the seasons. It’s a very enjoyable activity to me and it helps to keep...
A Garden Aglow
Snow was falling lightly and the temperature was dropping as I sat at my desk last evening. I was thinking how hard it is to write about the garden in this weather. Then my imagination took me back to into a warm evening last summer. I was on the terrace preparing for...