Spring Blossoms Precede Summer Fruit
UNITED STATES—Cherry blossoms are such an excellent tradition in Washington D.C., as well as in Japanese neighborhoods of the West Coast. 'Kwanzan' and 'Akebono'...
Three Reasons You Should Go To Beauty Schools For Salon Services
UNITED STATES—Have you ever wanted to get your hair styled at a salon, but couldn't because it was too expensive? Well, I may have...
Rain Makes Watering Seem Obsolete
UNITED STATES—Watering has not been much of a concern lately. All the rain has kept our gardens too wet to work in. Some of...
Resolutions
UNITED STATES—I get steamed when radio DJs start chirping about resolutions, usually a couple days before people put on the funny hats and start...
Pots And Pans Need Cleaning
UNITED STATES—This is getting to be cliché. “While they are dormant through winter," plants tolerate all sorts of abuse that would offend them at...
Collaboration
UNITED STATES—The writer-director Everett Lewis called me up a week or so later and said he had read my screenplay. He said it was...
Perennials Can Divide And Conquer
UNITED STATES—Along with all the bare root fruit trees, roses and cane berries, nurseries also stock bare root perennials like strawberries, asparagus, horseradish and...
Roses Get Pruned In Winter
UNITED STATES—Winter is no excuse to be less diligent in the garden. It would seem that gardening would be less demanding because there is...