I live in an apartment in the city most of the time, but I have a place in the country, […]
Bats!!! In the Belfry (Where Else?)
Yikes: No more room!
Really, the Microgarden reached its micro-acreage set point some time ago. But how could I resist these sky blue Penstemon? […]
Don’t touch the hosta, dahling!
Like this Hosta ‘Halcyon’, many of the prettiest hostas have what’s called a glaucous leaf – with a waxy coating […]
Faves: A lemon lily by any other name
Lemon lilies (Hemerocallis flava) are planted in my garden anywhere I can sniff their heavenly fragrance. Some are on either […]
Faves: Tricolour Beech Tree
Who says front yard trees have to be boring. Look at this specimen of the Tricolour European Beech (Fagus sylvatica […]
It’s good that this is not my garden
My friends and family should rejoice that this is not my garden. If it were, I might spend half my […]
Warning: The dreaded Ailanthus altissima
They’re ba-a-ck! Now opening in a garden near you: the first of the yearly horde of seedlings of Tree of […]
Carpenter bees: I’m a bee-leaver
After yesterday’s heartless post on the subject of aphids and leafrollers, it’s incumbent of me [oops, I mean: on me] […]