Hey Kale, Your Closest Relative is Crunchier, Yummier and Even Healthier. Oh, and Apparently It’s Cool Again – Some Cabbage Love November 13, 2018 As Food and Wine magazine wrote this month – ‘The Cabbage Craze is Officially ‘Real’. I would add “The cabbage craze is real again.”…. Continue Reading
A New Book on Alpine Trough Gardening May, and Should, Change How You Container Garden October 11, 2018 ‘Hypertufa Containers – Creating and Planting an Alpine Trough Garden is a new book by Lori Chips that addresses a very specific gardening method… Continue Reading
I’m 100% Corn Fed and Totally OK with It September 21, 2018 I happen to love September because of one thing – sweet corn. Today many of us struggle with corn. We don’t know how to… Continue Reading
Planning Your Fall Veg Garden? Here’s A Niki Jabbour Book Giveaway! September 5, 2018 Niki Jabbour’s newest book Veggie Garden Remix will inspire you to try new varieties and versions of both familiar veggies and even some new… Continue Reading
Overcoming Soapy Cilantro, Woody Fennel and Early-Flowering Parsley August 24, 2018 Parsley varieties, such as these seed-raised varieties (from Johnny’s) outperform any un-named generic variety bought at a nursery or garden center. It’s time to… Continue Reading
The Incredible Primroses of Yunnan and Western China July 31, 2018 Am I an adventure junkie? Not exactly, but I do like travel, different cultures, world travel as well as plants and most of nature… Continue Reading
Lilies, Ladyslippers and Leeches – The Floral Richness of Western China July 13, 2018 Meconopsis racemosa, one of the blue poppies so famous in the Himalaya. Yeah. Leeches… …but, blue poppies! I’m trying really hard to limit my… Continue Reading
Botanizing Yunnan: Western China and the Tibetan Plateau July 8, 2018 I’ve been home a day and a half now from nearly a month in China. Clearly I am recovering from jet lag after more… Continue Reading
Emotional Support Gardens are Really all about the Plants June 6, 2018 Because this garden we live in is 3 generations old, almost every plant has a story associated with it. Gardens are really living time… Continue Reading
May Fever, and some interesting plans in progress May 21, 2018 This past weekend we hosted our annual party for the New England Primrose Society. The National Show was held in Alaska this year, so… Continue Reading
