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…
We can learn a great deal about gardening by looking at garden history. A new book Iowa Gardens of the Past by Beth Cody takes the reader on a journey of gardening in Iowa since 1850. In the process of…
You might easily associate the flower garden with the work of women. After all, isn't that how people thought about flowers in the garden? Is it still true that men take care of the lawn and the vegetable patch and…
Who knew that one day history would link Charles Darwin and James Vick in the same memorial? In England Charles Darwin conducted his research on plants and called it the struggle for life. In his book Darwin's Backyard: How Small…
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…