Groundcover Is Carpeting For Landscapes
UNITED STATES—If shade trees are the ceilings, and hedges and shrubbery are the walls, then turf and other groundcover plants are the floors of...
Artist’s Return Part 2
UNITED STATES—"Why do you have plastic bags?" the young sheriff asked. "Poop bags for the dog."
The young buzz-cut sheriff bid Archer to sit on...
Flowers For Late Summer Bloom
UNITED STATES—No mater how much work we put into our roses to sustain bloom all through the season, and no matter how successful we...
Eating Healthy Is Your Choice
UNITED STATES—This past week I had to take a moment and seriously look at all the bad food and junk I consumed this past...
The Artist’s Return
UNITED STATES—He was starting to nod off on the freeway. A taillight and ghost tree whose branches twisted half a mile down the road,...
Where The Green Ferns Grow
UNITED STATES—The list of what ferns will not do is more noteworthy than the list of what they will do. They do not bloom...
Summer Is Over Already
UNITED STATES—I tell this to people all the time, summer seems like the quickest season. I mean it’s already August and I was just...
The Cottage Chronicles: Fences
UNITED STATES—Katy is the neighbor with the junky porch and lots of cats. Lotte was the 96-year-old German neighbor with incontinence and an aversion...
Seasons Are Constantly In Flux
UNITED STATES—Gardening requires planning. There is always planning. The vegetables that are getting harvested now are developing mostly on plants that were put out...
Why Aren’t People Shopping At Malls Anymore?
UNITED STATES—I have been absolutely concerned about the state of businesses in America nowadays. With companies like Amazon having a tight grip on the...