My Growing Passions

I get to play tag in my garden. So I got tagged. Thank you R.W. Ley for the tag. Now it's my turn to share the fun. I'm IT!!! Okay...

I love herbs. They smell wonderful, add an attractive feature to a garden spot or a container, and are a great healthy way for flavoring mea...

I'd like to direct you to an article on a very interesting urban Chicago gardener named Carl Walton. Read about him here .

SURPRISES ARE MANY Much of the latter weeks of August into the first week of September was dry here. It looked as though my garden was finis...

THE EXCESS AND ABUNDANCE OF HARVEST Zucchini's reputation for proliferation is well-deserved. Even a bad year for the vegetable can prov...

WHATEVER THE NAME, THIS FLOWER KEEPS DELIGHTING ME In appreciation for my patronage and for recycling their paper bags and plastic seedling ...

A TRIP INTO FAIRYLAND A while back I blogged about Leucocoprinus birnbaumii, a lovely yellow mushroom that will grow in houseplant soil. It...

UPDATE My croton produced "offspring" earlier this year. It's doing well. The picture above was taken just before I watered it...

ANIMALS AND PLANTS I haven't mentioned this before, but it's good for gardeners and anyone with houseplants to know how to protect p...

“The caterpillar does all the work but the butterfly gets all the publicity” George Carlin (American stand-up Comedian, Actor, Author. 1937-...