A close friend gave a copy of my book, Digging Deep, to a friend of his by the name of Bar. Within a matter of weeks, I received an e-mail from Bar thanking me and saying that as a songwriter and a songwriting teacher, she could identify with and find the truths in what I[...]
I’m all for encouraging the use of natives in the garden, but sometimes, exotics can have a place too. Shown above are my own favorite non-native garden residents: Lama pacos (Vicugna pacos) ‘RRA Granite’s Laser’ and ‘RRA Granite’s Limited Edition’, commonly known as Duncan and Daniel. Ok, so my alpacas technically don’t live in my[...]
Natural Disguise, or in French, Desguisement naturel, has been on my bookshelf for at least the past ten years. It is a composite of one artist’s work that is deeply entwined with nature. Judy Garfin is a Canadian artist who resides in Montreal. Natural Disguise is filled with astounding renderings of her paintings of Nature.[...]
As fall approaches each year, I’m determined to cut back on the number of tender bulbs I dig up for indoor storage. Fortunately, I always weaken as the season progresses, and I end up still digging canna rhizomes and dahlia tubers long after they should have been safely tucked away in the basement. But if[...]
When you’re choosing ingredients for a salad, lettuce is obviously one of the first things that comes to mind. And of course, the same is true when you’re choosing plants for foliage interest in your garden. Wait—you mean it isn’t? Well, it should be! There’s a lot to love about lettuce as an ornamental. The[...]