Flowers for the Kitchen Garden
Kitchen gardens are usually referred to as vegetable gardens. I prefer to call mine the potager garden. Potager is the French word for kitchen garden. This is where you would grow vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers for use in cooking. Why add flowers? But why should I add flowers to my vegetable garden? Because, adding […]
Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is right around the corner, this corner to be exact. When I think back on all the things that my mom has done for me and is still doing for me, I think also of the ways in which she has influenced my life. When I go home, we walk and discuss the […]
Fill The House with Color
Each year on Valentine’s Day, people across the country exchange gifts and give flowers, candy, and cards. If Valentine’s Day was in May or June, we could easily fill the house with mountains of fresh cut flowers. But it is not. So what can we do to make up for the lack of fresh flowers […]
What to do about Valentine’s Day?
Every year, it is increasingly hard to think of new ways to give my wife things for Valentine’s Day. Over the years, I have made things and bought things. I have made a jewelry box and bought flowers, earrings, rings, necklaces, and flowers. Being a horticulturalist makes the flower giving no easier. I cringe […]
Indcredible Insects
This morning, Doug Grimm brought in the wings of a large moth that he found in the arboretum on one of his walks. With the eyes spots and lines it was not difficult to identify as a Polyphemus moth. After seeing that, my mind began to seek out and find insects hiding in plain sight […]
