The Garden Tourist in Atlanta – Part 1
When my husband and I travel one of our favorite things is to start the day with a garden destination in mind and then let the rest of the day unfold spontaneously. Instead of going through a checklist of locations, this manner of exploration lets us discover the...
Refurbish Containers for Fall
Yesterday I “fallified” my front porch. I used several types of pumpkins and some ornamental cabbages and kale. Let’s start with how the porch looked on Sept 24. I decided to leave one pot of the Portulaca and Cuphea in place. The hummingbirds are...
I Love Cucurbita
Name: Cucurbita Type of Plant: Pumpkins and winter squash. Usually a large growing annual vegetable vine. Why I love this: Cucurbita is a genus of vines in the gourd family. Included in this genus are pumpkins, gourds and winter squash. I love the tasty winter squash...
Raise Your Glass…to Plants
I just returned from the annual meeting of garden communicators, held in Atlanta this year. It was, as always, a feast of plants and people. Sitting in the airport on the way home I scrolled though the shots of people and gardens from this year’s event, and was...
Fresh Vegetables…Simple and Flavorful
Freshly picked vegetables have so much flavor that often the simplest preparations are best.
Echinacea ‘Milkshake’ – a love story
Imagine: Her New Year’s resolution was to make her perennial garden be easier to care for. Of course some weeding and mulching would always be needed, but this season she was determined to get rid of all the high-maintenance plants. That Siberian Iris that...
Veggie Garden Pasta
If you have a vegetable garden, you’ve got dinner! A group of fresh veggies, some lightly cooked and others raw, are tasty when tossed with olive oil, herbs, the cheese of your choice and salt/pepper. Chop the veggies you’ll cook – for this dish I...
I Love Plectranthus Ciliatas
Name: Plectranthus ciliatas Type of Plant: This is an annual unless you live in a zone 10 and above. It grows to a small bush-size in one growing season, however, and has yellow-green leaves that have purple undersides. Why I love this: I love the fact that when most...
Zucchini Shaming
It’s the dark side of community gardens that people don’t talk about. We focus on how great it is to see so many different methods of growing crops. We talk about sharing information about good varieties and extra seedlings. But amid all this group harmony runs an all...