Floral Friday: How to Grow Hellebores for Winter Bouquets.
We've experienced crazy weather here this week. From 74 degrees to below freezing temperatures, we've battled frost, torrential rain, a flood advisory, and wind--with gusts up »
Floral Friday: The Beauty of Growing Gorgeous Sweet Peas.
I've been thinking about sweet peas. Actually, it's more of an obsession. I dream about vases filled with richly fragrant, vibrantly colored, delicately frilled sweet peas. »
Growing Heirloom Tomatoes in a Shady Garden.
The seed catalogs beckon…it’s time to plan the garden. As the days stretch a little longer and the light lingers a bit later, we »
Snow Days and Sunday Bread (Sonntagszopf).
It’s an interesting phenomenon. When snow and ice loom in the weather forecast, milk and bread disappear from grocery store shelves. Why is that? Do »
Floral Friday: Growing Amaryllis and Breaking Tradition.
It's time to change the status of amaryllis. 'Sweet Nymph' Most gardeners grow amaryllis as a holiday treat, a pretty bloom to gift to a hostess »