A breath of fresh air In the South, the first taste of fall is like jumping in the pool at the end of a long hot day. We knew it would come eventually, but halfway through August it felt like a lifetime away. Now it’s finally here and that first fifty-degree night was about as…
Our History With Endless Summer We owned our Endless Summer hydrangeas before we bought our house. We had just moved to Georgia from Minnesota, and had a temporary housing situation that ended up lasting a year and a half. In the meantime, I started working at a local nursery and Debbie reminded me several times…
The English walnut’s wild cousin Black walnut is a powerful plant. It is not well suited for domestic landscapes because of the heavy nuts that fall in Autumn; and because it repels other plants with a compound called juglone found in its roots, bark, leaves, and nut hulls. But there are lots of great reasons…
A not so typical moss A quiet walk afield can be tremendously therapeutic. It really doesn’t matter whether you are in the woods, on the beach, on the prairie, or in the desert; the solitude combined with the quiet and an openness to the world around you can change your whole outlook on life (even…
Give new life to your garden tools Garden tool restoration is a pursuit that is both valuable and satisfying to those of us leaning toward DIY, slow-living or self-sufficiency philosophies. Most of the time, the steps involved in restoring basic hand tools are pretty simple, the supplies are relatively inexpensive, and the results are often…