Summer holidays are now a distant memory, and for most of us, shorter days combined with increasingly busy schedules means less time outdoors. New tasks […]
Category: a new chapter
Soft edges
Blooming now across the woodland edges is white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima.) It’s pretty nice right about now, when everything is fading. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden […]
Too hot to handle
There is no mistaking August in our neck of the northeast. The humidity is omnipresent and oppressive, and in recent years, there has been very […]
What’s in a name?
Oh, Persicaria! Virginia Jumpseed, Virginia Knotweed. A “smartweed.” Previously classified as a Polygonatum. So many names! In my quest to identify and understand what was […]
Damsels and dragons
… of the fly variety, that is. (And yes, I’ll admit, I’m probably the only person on the planet who hasn’t watched Game of Thrones, […]
Prairie-inspired
Maybe I’ve done things a little of of order with this small bed at behind the house. I’m working to add native grasses to give […]
Bits and pieces
Can it be June already? Here are just a few things that have been happening around the garden the past week or so. This little […]
Peonies return
I brought a few snippets of the tubers of the peonies from our last place. Siting them has been challenging, with the black walnuts and […]
Three steps forward, two steps back
Our new home has a lot of space, and as I’ve written, sizable chunks have been transformed from lawn grass to garden. For pure efficiency […]