Category: a new chapter

There is no mistaking August in our neck of the northeast. The humidity is omnipresent and oppressive, and in recent years, there has been very […]

Oh, Persicaria! Virginia Jumpseed, Virginia Knotweed. A “smartweed.” Previously classified as a Polygonatum. So many names! In my quest to identify and understand what was […]

… of the fly variety, that is. (And yes, I’ll admit, I’m probably the only person on the planet who hasn’t watched Game of Thrones, […]

Maybe I’ve done things a little of of order with this small bed at behind the house. I’m working to add native grasses to give […]

Can it be June already? Here are just a few things that have been happening around the garden the past week or so. This little […]

I brought a few snippets of the tubers of the peonies from our last place. Siting them has been challenging, with the black walnuts and […]

Our new home has a lot of space, and as I’ve written, sizable chunks have been transformed from lawn grass to garden. For pure efficiency […]

This blog is, at its heart, just a personal diary. It picks up from the written garden notes I took for years, in the big […]

This blog has evolved organically — no pun intended. Now it’s not just a gardening blog, but a chronicle of our old house and its […]

April is a pivotal month. The anticipation is now over. Whether you are itching to get started on those ambitious plans you have been dreaming […]