A post about protecting a grapevine from Japanese beetles and other dangers, plus some history of Missouri’s wine-growing industry
Category: Plants
Late spring topics: peonies, rogue trees, and new plants
Achieving rhythm and repetition in a garden requires many plants.
Catching up: the new year starts for real
This is a highly miscellaneous post about various excitements: spring cleanup, seed starting, and an upcoming conference about environmental writing, Epicenter 2022
Mid-August: what looks good now
August is a time of abundance for many gardeners, especially ones who planted zucchini.
Right plants, wrong place
It’s too hot outside to do anything but enjoy what’s working and plan for fall.
Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose
Last week I helped a friend move to her new apartment. The amount of stuff she’d accumulated after living in her house for twenty-one years was mind boggling. I kept thinking what things would be like if we moved. I hold onto things far too long, always have. I still have corsages from high school […]
Doing an environmental good deed
Planting the prairie plants I bought at the Burr Oak Nature Center plant sale last month. Trying to stick to plan. Using plant markers. Plus, a little guerilla gardening.
Spring cleanup – digging up ivy and planting perennials
A miscellaneous post about what I’ve been working on this week.
Butterfly bush and its evil ways
New information can reveal that things we once assumed were good are actually more complicated than we thought. This is perhaps the case with Buddleja davidii, the Butterfly Bush.
New plants for a shady spot
Remember my last post when I said the worst was over? I was wrong. For weeks I had no thoughts about gardening. None. Everything was frozen. The days were something to be gotten through. Then suddenly, everything changed. Even though the ground is still partially covered, it’s like a dam burst. Ideas are starting to […]