Aug 11, 2013 | A Gardening Life, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables
The summer my husband and I moved to the east coast my in-laws introduced me to several delicious Italian dishes. They would arrive at our house bearing fresh mozzarella, a cold squid salad seasoned with lemon and fresh basil, and a zucchini dish that my mother-in-law...
Jul 26, 2013 | A Gardening Life, Inspiration
There is something that is just so perfect about a birdhouse in a garden. Perhaps it’s because such avian dwellings usually look like miniature houses where people might live… if they could fly. Maybe it’s because those who love flowers almost always...
Jul 16, 2013 | A Gardening Life, As I See It, Life's Gardens
Jul 12, 2013 | A Gardening Life, plants I love
Writers are often warned to use exclamation points very sparingly. In fact, some say that every writer should only be issued three to use for that writer’s entire life! Whoops, there’s one! OMG…now I’ve used up two! No, three…I haven’t even started to rave about a...
Jul 8, 2013 | A Gardening Life, my gardens, plants I love
A Gardening Life – July 8 You know the answer, right? Of course not. But sometimes I think those of us in the garden communication business are prone to pretending that it does. We take photos of our gardens when they look great and we write at length about our...
Jul 7, 2013 | A Gardening Life, my gardens, plants I love, What's for dinner?
A Gardening Life – July 7th I picked blueberries yesterday. The early bearing varieties are now filled with large, ripe fruit that needs to be harvested daily. Last year we picked these early berries and looked forward to the others that mature later in July,...
