Dirty Thoughts: A Gardening Life

Two great gardeners died on Monday, 17 March 2014. Mrs. Rachel Mellon died at her estate in Virginia at the age of 103. Though many may ...

There is no reason why a garden cannot be both beautiful and functional. The late and widely acclaimed British gardener Rosemary Verey desi...

So the beautiful tree hydrangea that I purchased this summer, managed to transport home in the MINI with nary a leaf spared, planted to p...

I pulled back the curtains in the study this morning (our "This Old House" exudes its charms this time of year in the form of dr...

When I began this blog, I freely admitted my promiscuity. In fact, the confessional appeared in my second entry, Public Confession #1 ....

The other day, I emerged from my house and spied a massive spider web strung across my entry walkway, from the Japanese Tree Lilac to ...

You will hear thunder and remember me, And think: she wanted storms. The rim Of the sky will be the colour of hard crimson, And your...