Growing With Plants

Growing Annual Vines in Pots

February 7, 2014

I have little doubt that the opening ceremonies of the Sochi Winter Olympics will dazzle and impress, but outside of the stadium, I wonder…

February 5, 2014

I created a chalkboard drawing for the studio which incorporated many of my fathers sketches over the years ranging from the 1920’s to the…

January 20, 2014

Forcing branches of early-blooming trees and shrubs is an annual tradition many gardeners practice, in fact, it is often one of the first gardening…

January 19, 2014

The scent of this potted Daphne odora, a shrub which is not hardy outdoors here in Massachusetts, is so intense, that I swear that…

January 18, 2014

Who says that you can’t have a garden party in January during a snowstorm? Believe me, if there was no snow, these dead abutilon…

January 12, 2014

All one needs is a little reminder – like a blizzard with -8º F weather in January, to remember why keeping a greenhouse full…

January 9, 2014

The rare Chinese primrose, Primula sinensis ( P. praenitens) is one of the seed items on my wish list of plants to find. Plants on…

January 5, 2014

Well, here we go. My first video. Not bad, I suppose for a hand-held ‘selfie’, shot with my iPhone and edited in iMovie. Eventually,…

January 1, 2014

More travel is tops on my list of things that I would like to do more of in 2014. I was planning on visiting…

December 25, 2013

We had 25 guests last night for our traditional Lithuanian Christmas Eve dinner. Somehow, we were able to fit everyone at the same table,…