The weather here has been soggy and cold lately. We have potted up all the annuals and perennials, started some seeds, and are basically waiting for clement (is that the opposite of inclement?) weather to get out into the gardens and start the season. So, while I wait, I have been playing with options on [...]

I have completed the main part of my plant orders for the coming planting season and my head hurts. I am certain that if I were more methodical about this, it would be a day at the beach. For the most part, I have certain plants, like delphiniums, achemilla, and certain heucheras that I cannot [...]

We finally have some snow and , this morning, very low temperatures. News agencies reported that 49 of the 50 states in the US have snow on the ground. Likely this comes as no new news to residents of the East Coast, take comfort in knowing you are not alone; reports have snow on the slopes [...]

In some ways this is one of my favorite points in the garden year. We are at the end of our spring bulb display and at the beginning of the tremendous, over-the-top summer garden season. This is the time that I imagine the garden collectively drawing in a deep breath that will be let out [...]