How Not to Take Gardens Too Seriously Cuckoo clocks, a fluffy snowfall, cheese, and warm laundry. What do they all have in common? They all make me...
Weird and Wonderful
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Weighing your options
Think of scale when creating or modifying your garden “One size fits all”. Yeah, I’ve never believed that either. It’s not the case with socks and...
Being Stingy with Rain
Why rain gardens make sense Flower garden, rain garden, rose garden, veggie garden. Whoa! Back up! We can picture most of these but what the Hello...
The Perfect Gift
And just a little more lasting than a Starbucks gift card It’s four weeks before Christmas And all through my brain Stir thoughts of the white stuff...
Plant Spacing
Some simple advice, even for the math-challenged A 53’ red semi-truck laden with 15 tons of fireworks leaves Cleveland on a 92-degree summer day...
Resting in the Garden
Creating that special place to sit “Holy Swiss cheese! Does it feel good to sit down!” I’ll bet you’ve once said something similar (ok, maybe hold...
Treading lightly in the garden
Tomorrow is election day. There has never been more on the line. I was torn about how to introduce today’s topic. So, I came up with this: How long...
Moving About
The Art of Circulation Design “Horticultural excellence in the garden can never compensate for a fundamentally bad layout”. In his book, Gardens Are...
“So, where are you from?”
Just a few thoughts on native vs. non-native plants “So, where are you from?” How you answer this sometimes depends on who is asking. If it’s...
Blurring the boundary
Gardening along property lines I’ve heard it said before that everyone has two property lines. There’s the one you own and the one you mow. It’s...
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