I've been slowly increasing the beds in the backyard. I had this vision of moving my  'Little Honey' oakleaf hydrangea out to t...

I awoke one Saturday morning and opened the curtains to greet the day. We settled back in bed with our coffee and watched the birds flying b...

We still need to work at making this look less like a giant square of cedar chips but for right now we needed to suppress the hoards of weed...

Better? Worse? A good compromise?  DAMN YOU AND YOUR COMPELLING ARGUMENTS FOR BOTH THREE AND FOUR LEVELS. We'll see if I change my m...

Saturday was a big day.  All this concrete . . . . . . went in here . . . . . . and was taken to the recycling center. The load was 190...

I officially have garden fever. I've checked out pretty much every book on gardening in the library where I work.  At night I pile i...