Chicago was 60 degrees yesterday, Jan 29th of the year 2013. Wow! I road my bike without a jacket. Very strange indeed. I had put …
Garden Visits
Lakefront Bike Trail Chicago
The Lakefront Bike Trail in Chicago runs from the Southside to the Northside of Chicago, about 18.5 miles. One of the most noteworthy projects going …
A Little Busy
About a month ago, I rescued a day or two day old kitten left in our compost pile. It’s been my life hand raising little …
Jackson Park on Chicago’s Southside
This past Easter Sunday, I hiked the trails of the Japanese Garden and bird sanctuary at Jackson Park. The Japanese Garden is a reconstruction on …
Edison & Ford Winter Estates, Fort Myers, Florida
This past week, I was in Florida and the Bahamas. I can’t wait to share the Edison house garden and lab with you. Edison spent …
Austin, Texas and Xeriscaping
If you were ever reading a paper or watching the news, you saw that Texas was on fire this past summer. With the most consecutive …
Castor Bean
The Chicago Park District has used castor bean plants intermixed with prairie grasses to make a striking entrance to their park building. With its deeply …
Wilds of Wisconsin
This past weekend, I was up in the non glaciated parts of southwest Wisconsin. The land is hilly and picturesque, a wonderfully serene world.
Revisit! Billy and Katie’s “Secret Garden”
Back in the Spring, I stopped in Wicker Park to visit Billy and Katie’s secret garden. They’d been given access to the garden lot next …
Lauren’s Woodsy Wonder
This past week, I had the pleasure of visiting Lauren’s garden. Shaded by a large pine and plum tree, her garden is ruled by shade …