mum really is the word

i can feel the chill in the air, see the leaves start to flutter, but nothing tells me it’s fall like the smell of mums. now, i know you might be thinking, “mums? i didn’t realize they were known for their scent.” and you’d be right. but there is something about the smell of those [...]

floor two, please

as a gardener, i don’t often get to enjoy the exhilaration of instant gratification. thursday, i reveled in it…
installing a new garden is an amazing thing–to be there when each little plant goes into the ground, watching them grow a bit each year until the garden is full and flowering with abundance.
but that takes a [...]

it’s baaa-aack

yesterday, i came across my nemesis, toxicodendron radicans.
(cue evil villainous music: bah-buh-bum)

there i was, happily gardening–achieving a balance of efficiency and peacefulness, when i saw it–noooooooo, i groaned. all work stopped.
step one: survey the compost so far–
had i touched it? was i condemned to a summer of oozing, itchy spots?
step two: wonder if i can [...]