You may wonder how plants from other cultures made the journey to your garden. Robert Fortune (1812-1880) was an English plant hunter who traveled the world in search of plants for the English garden. Mary and John Gribbin, in their…
It's that time of year to think about what needs to be done with lawn problems. The lawn has long been a favorite here in the US. But we derive that love with the lawn from the English, who from…
To choose a pollinator for your garden is not always an easy thing to do. Well, we have help from the Garden for Wildlife. Why not choose a native plant? Each state has its own unique collection of native plants.…
To fit into any society, a person needs to reflect what is important to the culture at that time. In the case of the Elizabethan gentleman [below] there were certain expectations that society at that time demanded. Robert Dudley, the…
It does not seem possible that I have written 984 posts on this blog since its launch September 9, 2010. But that is the case. Here is a press release I wrote about the origin of this blog at that…