Category: a fledgling garden

Today is photo day. To reground me.

Some thoughts for for a new gardener: Keep a journal. It doesn’t have to be fancy. I received a wonderful garden journal as a gift, […]

Better half is working late (NYC agency life), so what better way to pass the time than take in the garden — and a glass of […]

Plants made an impression on me from the start.  I recall bright purple pansies with yellow faces where we lived when I was just three […]

Part of the fun of the garden when you have an older home is trying to imagine what the former owners created. The grounds of our post-war […]

There is a certain joy in putting together a fall planter.  Here is my first this year.  I like the size for a mixed planting, […]

…or very early spring, to be hopeful. The lawn yielded another section to the rich soil of our plant beds, giving home to a beautiful […]

There’s a lot to be said for the winter garden and the aesthetic interest of perennials, grasses and seed heads covered in frost and snow.  Come […]

… it all started when we moved to a small town in New Jersey.  The type of mythical place where there’s a soda fountain in […]

Thanks for visiting.  This site is dedicated to those who are inspired by gardening and admire gardens of all types, but especially to those who just want to get their hands […]