Category: OPINIONS
My Wintering Over Experiments: Year 2
The results of my experiment last year, wintering plants over which I wrote in this article. Each plant is listed in the same order that it was […]
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Mud Season
How was your winter season? I had a mild winter, and the mud season began in February with snows and thaws. Mud Season has begun in earnest. I […]
Fly Honeysuckle is my earliest-blooming native shrub
This shrub is still a surprise to me each time it blooms. The Bloodroots is fading and the Trout Lilies is gearing up. The forest trees are displaying tiny yellow, green […]
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The Creepiest Plant Native I Know
A scene from a horror film: an orange thread-like stem appears out of the ground and circles counter-clockwise while searching for potential victims by scent*. It […]
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(Not )Learning from My Mistakes
. Let’s begin with the positives. The Christmas cactus has never bloomed better. It has doubled or tripled the number of blooms it had in […]
Niki Jabbour’s Veggie Garden Remix Review and Book Giveaway
Niki Jabour’s Veggie Garden Remix offers a refreshing alternative to the usual “that won’t grow there” refrain. She describes 224 Plants to Add Variety, Flavor and Fun and tells […]
Lily-of-the-Valley Dressed up for a Party
You’re welcome. I’m happy you liked my post about forcing Lily-of-the Valley. In that first post, I did not tell you that I had other plans […]
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Beautiful Scanned Flowers Images
You take photos of your flowers. But have you ever considered scanning? You can scan them with the scanner on your desk. In 2007, I gave it a […]
The biggest surprise of my life
My daughter told me that the family wanted to celebrate my 60th birthday after my trip because “technical problems.” I said “sure,” but I thought […]
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The Lessons of Growing Houseplants
Since high school I have been growing houseplants, and I am always learning more about them. Take zygocacti (Schlumbergera)-popularly known as Thanksgiving cactus and Christmas […]
