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The Garden’s Bad Neighborhood
I suspect most gardens have at least one area that might be described as a bad neighborhood. Mine looks something like this: "Bad Neighborhood" Under a rather lopsided ceanothus bush is a convention of...
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Autumnal Ruminations
(OK, that’s a silly title for a post, but I like it better than the others I thought of — Fall Bits & Pieces, Autumn Thoughts, etc.) I was actually stumped for a topic this week, so decided to...
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Remaking a Perennial Border
I suspect most naive gardeners (even those with years of experience) think that a perennial bed or border, once made, is a done deal. Plants may come and go, but taking the whole thing apart and...
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The State of the Garden(er)
Once again, I’ve become disengaged from my garden. Haven’t done anything much out there since leaf-raking time. But now it’s January — stock-taking time — and spring is lurking just below the horizon....
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The Garden Goes On… And On
Gardens are collections of plants. No matter what the gardener does, plants grow, bloom, go to seed, and/or die, depending on the type of plant and whether it is getting the conditions it prefers. The...
View ArticleThe Garden at 30
It has been thirty years since I started gardening here. In a series of three posts, I will look at how the garden and my attitude toward it have changed over those three decades. I have no digital...
View ArticleThe Garden at 30. Part 2: The Reality
Part of starting the new garden was drawing up plans for the various beds. It occurs to me now this is analogous to plotting a novel. After all, garden beds and borders are also called “plots.” But...
View ArticleGarden Plans, Intentions, and Hopes
I no longer make new year resolutions of the “lose weight, get fit, and do more marketing” type. I’ve realized it’s a waste of time and only gives me reasons to feel guilty at the end of January. Who...
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