LIFE'S A GARDEN

I’VE BEEN THINKING about the observations I’ve been making in my yard and other yards that I’ve been visiting this year. It occurs to me...

THE PAST COUPLE weeks I have had the opportunity to do a little traveling. I have visited two very different planting zones that show...

THIS PAST WEEKEND Mimi and I headed up to the Ozarks to visit with Mimi’s mother. This turned out to be the exact same weekend we visited...

AS WE MOVE INTO July, I realize that we have had a nice, long spring, like one for the books. It’s not every spring that we can start...

LAST WEEK, A BUDDY of mine told me he knew where the holy grail of blackberries were growing. Blackberries happen to be my all time...

MIMI AND I SNEAKED out of town for four glorious days on the beach last week. One of our closest friends owns a spectacular home at...

EVERY MONTH I START a new ledger. I keep up with the daily temperatures and rainfall. I keep up with how many customers come into our...

A FEW COLUMNS BACK, one of my articles mentioned that Mimi and I were preparing to have a wedding party in our back yard. That party...

WE ARE IN OUR last week of May. Memorial Day gives us a long weekend to prepare for June and every-thing that comes along with June. It’s...

I THINK IT HAS BEEN long enough after the winter storm to report on what the outcome has caused. At first, it looked pretty bad. The...

A FEW ARTICLES BACK I told the tall tale of the Mt. Ranier climb. I mentioned that although I enjoyed the technical stuff for something...

TODAY IT REALLY FELT like spring has sprung. I’m writing this article the day after the 40 degree night on the 23rd of April. That is...