Growing With Plants

Plant Trials

Growing Annual Vines in Pots

Plant Trials

My Surprising Nicotiana Trial Results

Plant Trials

Salpiglossis Techniques and Trials

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A Comprehensive review of all the wrong ways to grow Salpiglossis found on the Internet.

Inkadate – Rice Field Art

January 6, 2009

Rice farmers in Inkadate, Japan plant rice pictures, some are amazing. Others are commerical, but awesome. WIshing everyone a wonderfull great New Year. I’m…

Unusual Greenhouse Christmas Bulbs

December 27, 2008

It was a rather mild Christmas day, and finally, the sun came out, enough to raise the temperatures in the greenhouse to near 70…

Rediscovering the Craft of Berry Bowls

December 24, 2008

A Vintage advertisement for ‘Berry Bowls’ from a HORTICULTURE Magazine, circa 1957 Born and raised in New England, I had grown accustomed to the…

Snow White

December 23, 2008

This morning, we awoke to a Disney wonderland. These scenes remind me of the images one used to see in the vintage Viewmaster’s, technocolor…

Winter Solstice or Winter Soul-stice

December 22, 2008

Really, I like snow. People who know me, know that I really LOVE snow. But come on….50 hours of snow? At least we are…

Holiday Gift Guide part 2

December 16, 2008

Gift number 6A subscription to a fine Horticultural Journal. Memberships to plant societies often will include a quarterly, or annual journal, and many of…

Duality – Bulbs with Interesting Pairs of Leaves

December 1, 2008

Dormant for one year, this lone, single leaf on a Resnova megaphylla shows how stunning even a single leaf can be. Native ot a…

A Walk in the November Woods and Berry Bowls

November 29, 2008

Partridge Berries (Mitchella repens) in the woods near our house. Once collected for use as a winter Holiday decoration in small, glass bowls called…

What Plant Societies Need to Do to Survive

November 25, 2008

My prototype for a modernized, yet very classic looking Journal design for the North American Rock Garden Society. A website design, for a modern…

November Cheer in the Greenhouse

November 25, 2008

A view of the greenhouse on an unseasonably cold November day. As temperatures hovered near 18 deg. F, ice forming on the glass and…