For years I admired my neighbor’s fountain. I didn’t know them. They lived on the next block but I passed their house often and loved their cement fountain. It sat beneath their front windows, near the entryway. I often imagined how lovely it must sound and wondered what birds sipped from it. If I had…
Fall is prime bulb planting time. And in that spirit, I encourage you to consider adding some onion to the flower garden. Ornamental onion, aka allium, that is. I’m nuts for alliums. Have been since I discovered them on a garden walk many years ago. Maybe it’s because of the Dr. Seuss appeal they add….
In 2012, I was scouting magazine locations and came across a garden along Chicago’s North Shore unlike any I had ever seen. What stood out was the tree positioned in a narrow planting bed on a north-facing wall and I was instantly intrigued. So much so that I knew I had to figure out how…
Sometimes I wonder what I would be doing if I didn’t have a garden. It’s work, man is it work. But when you love something so much, it doesn’t feel like it. Ok, sometimes it does. Like when the English ivy is sucking the life out of your serviceberry and you have to remove…
I may earn a small commission from some of the links in this post. As always, all opinions are my own. When it comes to growing blueberries, you either have it or you don’t. The “it” being perfect soil conditions. I don’t have perfect anything. That would be incredibly boring. It’s all about soil pH….
When it comes to growing Monstera deliciosa, there’s just one prerequisite. Space. Big plants are like puppies and small children. They’re easy to accommodate when small but eventually they grow up. When you consider the seven-to-eight-foot height Monstera deliciosa aspires to indoors, you can see why some consideration should be given to where this thing…
