Successes and Failures

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SUCCESSES AND FAILURES             The growing season is coming full circle.  As I cut back the browning daylily and iris foliage, patches of bare earth emerge, and the garden begins to look more like it does in the early spring.  The slow-moving stages of clean-up give me ample opportunity to think about this year’s garden.  … Read more

Sedum

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SEDUM               For years I thought that sedum were a bit like bran muffins.  You know that you are supposed to like them, but you rarely find a good one.  I still haven’t found a good bran muffin, but now I have evolved into an individual who really appreciates a first rate sedum.  This … Read more

Fall Plants and Plans

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FALL PLANTS AND PLANS               I have always thought that most gardeners do not pay enough attention to the fall garden.  Of course, things are not nearly as bad as they used to be in the nineteen sixties and seventies when the majority of people relied almost entirely on the so-called “hardy mums” to … Read more

Real Life and Country Living

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REAL LIFE AND COUNTRY LIVING             Sometimes, when it is too hot outside, or the garden chores seem onerous, I seek escape.  My friends and family know that I am addicted to garden magazines and shelter magazines with garden sections.  When I seek escape, I turn to my magazine pile and for a few minutes … Read more

Real Life and Country Living

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REAL LIFE AND COUNTRY LIVING             Sometimes, when it is too hot outside, or the garden chores seem onerous, I seek escape.  My friends and family know that I am addicted to garden magazines and shelter magazines with garden sections.  When I seek escape, I turn to my magazine pile and for a few minutes … Read more