Foliar Color Goes Beyond Green
UNITED STATES—New England is famous for spectacular foliar color through autumn. Such color is merely seasonal though, and almost exclusive to deciduous vegetation. With...
Paul Gets A Little Help From His Friends
INGLEWOOD—Paul McCartney opened his sellout return to Southern California with a dynamic, two and a half hour-set at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on May...
Shear Hedges Seasonably And Properly
UNITED STATES—There are rules to hedging. For example, hedges should be uniform and exclusive to just a single cultivar. A modern 'Green Beauty' boxwood...
Banana Yellow (16)
UNITED STATES—I hear a lot of things as a reporter. Never know where the next story is coming from, ya know. Joe Holly once...
Farmer’s Markets Are Undervalued
UNITED STATES—Jeez, it is hard to fathom sometimes just how beneficial your local Farmer’s Market can be. I don’t go to my local farmer’s...
Nature Is Not Naturally Accommodating
UNITED STATES—Gardening is quite unnatural. It involves unnatural cultivation of mostly unnaturally exotic (nonnative) species of plants. Irrigation delivers more water than seasonal rain...
Streets Might Benefit From Shade
UNITED STATES—Shade has become less of a priority for modern urban gardens than it still is for older and more spacious suburban gardens. Significantly...
Evergreen Foliage Has Distinct Advantages
UNITED STATES—Gardening was easier before suburban lifestyles became so passe. Now, larger modern urban homes occupy smaller urban parcels. Modern fences are taller to...
Vines Are Aggressive Social Climbers
UNITED STATES—Regardless of how appealing many of them are in home gardens and landscapes, vines are flagrantly exploitative. They rely on shrubbery, trees or...
Banana Yellow (13)
UNITED STATES—His bosom buddy, who’d dubbed him “the incredible Yanqui,” the exiled Miguel Padilla, retorted, “Well, compadre. I’ve heard of a White House being...