In the late nineteenth century the practice of public relations emerged though it was not called by that name. AT&T created a monopoly for its telephone. The one company owned all the other phone companies scattered around the country. In…
We gardeners love the benefits of gardening. Many rewards come our way. A customer, D. V. D. from San Francisco, once wrote to nineteenth century horticulturist James Vick (1818-1882) who owned a large seed company in Rochester, New York. In…
Today I saw trays of spring flowers outside the supermarket. Though I loved seeing them as a sign of spring, they also reminded me of my current dilemma. I have been trapped in our condominium for six weeks now, due…
Are you a plant collector? Or is your garden based on a strict landscape design that you cannot disturb by adding plants, willy, nilly? However you garden, you need to select the plants. The plants can come from anywhere. When…
I recently ordered five packets of nasturtium seeds. The varieties are both the climbing or spreading variety and the clumping kind of flowers. Every garden needs to have nasturtiurms. The main reason is they are so easy to grow. No…