A look back on the garden and its role in life throughout a 4,000 year history brings us through the first Egyptian landscapes (hinted at …
Garden Collage
Collage of these plants! strawberry pepper marigold zucchini tomato snapdragon zinnia basil chamomile carrot watermelon
Orange Cosmos
This little flower has been a favorite since I started gardening. So easy to grow and so enjoyable. It gives off such an airy, light …
How to Prune Tomato Plants
I wish I had posted this earlier, but now will have to do. The best thing that tomato growers that haven’t been pruning can do …
Black Scabiosa
I started this flower from seed and wasn’t quite convinced that it would flower into the beautiful pincushions I’d seen in the catalog. But low …
Carrots
This year I added carrots to my new explorations. I’ve never had the space or sun before to grow them properly….and honestly, I sometimes forget …
Nice Surprise, Butterfly Weed
What a surprise to watch something you know you didn’t intentionally plant flower. This is my butterfly weed. I’ve admired butterfly weed at garden centers …
Rainy Day Gardening
Summer rainy days provide a much needed cloud cover and cooling off with the added benefit of not having to water. If there’s thunder and …
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 …
Green Miso Soup
Just as I have been in over my head in Swiss Chard, I happened upon my May issue of Yoga Journal and it’s green miso …