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Over time, human beings become blind to the clutter that surrounds us – particularly the clutter that masks an awkward space. It’s the reason that right now, on a corner of my bathroom countertop that I’ve never used effectively, there is a semi-permanent pile of ugly vitamin bottles and two houseplants on the critical list.
If I was walking through my house for the f...
Coralie Thomas sprang up from Great Dixter’s famous long border like an Olympic gymnast who had stuck the landing. The assistant head gardener had crossed the finish line of a backbreaking seasonal changeover at the end of a sweltering summer day. She received a polite round of applause from the gallery of nearby g...
Back in our innocent pre-ChatGBT days, we were excited about how emerging technologies could help gardeners. We were on the watch for new phone apps that could help with identification of weeds, design, watering systems and more.
Those days are over. Now many gardeners simply assume that their phones have the answers to most gardening questions and problems.
We finally got rain in Central Kentucky after a dry April and early May. Five inches! It may turn dry again. There is no telling. Feast or famine?
There was, for one weekend at least (May 22nd-24th), a feast of music and blooms not hindered by rain. The Chamber Music Society ...
Update on cues to care: I wrote this article for the members of my townhouse co-op as we face our next spring yard inspection. Here cues to care are prioritized, because some make a huge difference and others, not so much. All the yards shown here are small.
This post is for anyone considering reducing or removing their lawn, but I’ll speak directly to...