My Growing Passions

DAFFODILS AND OTHER SPRING BULBS When I'm tired of dreary days at the end of winter, and long sunny days are still on my wish list, it...

A LITTLE "FUN"GI Mushrooms are very cool organisms. In my opinion. They grow in places we find quite undesirable (like manure). Th...

WHAT A FUNNY NAME FOR A VEGETABLE! My great aunt Mary had a garden. As kids, my younger sister and I played nearby, but tried to avoid tramp...

I can't help but notice birds in my garden. Besides the potential fertilizer they may leave behind, birds can transport seeds in that sa...

Here's something to grow on your desktop; suited to you and I, the garden lovers. The lovely peach dahalia in this photo is from this lo...

Every gardener knows that water is as essential to plants as it is to all of life. It seems ordinary probably only because it's so commo...

The people from New York set up their annual tent to sell Easter flowers. It's up every year in the mall parking lot. This means that P...

I've been thinking of the smell of "fresh" soil since I visited my plot yesterday afternoon in the 51-degree, sunny conditions...

We're all waiting for the weather to change, seeds to sprout (if started indoors) and soil to soften -- that is those of us who are ...

Yesterday was in the 50s. It was sunny! I wanted to "popcorn" the way my guinea pigs do when they're happy. There's more w...