We get questions
Last spring This was going to be a post about trees, but I just got an email asking me about another topic that is equally on my mind at this time of year. In...
Strategies for a new age
It’s not just what’s happening “out west.” Water management of every kind is a huge issue for everybody, so I have been listening and reading with great interes...
Do you have a Palafox borealis?
Palafoxia arida, photo by Stan Shebs via Creative Commons Of course you don’t. I am pretty sure it’s a made-up plant. I was reading about it in a novel by Angel...
Attracting July Visitors with Photos
Tom Stovall, the resident photographer at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Northern Virginia, is donating his images to my campaign promoting DC-area public gard...
Resolving to become a better naturalist
Bluebell wood image courtesy of Shutterstock They knew where to go for the first of everything: the first snowdrops, the first catkin, primroses, violets, forge...
Garden Tourism Getting its Due
Richard Benfield is gradually infiltrating this blog, one Ranter at a time. He’s the Central State Connecticut U. geography professor named the world’s leading ...
Grow your own?
What do gardening and Japanese anime culture have in common? There are probably a number of strange intersections, but this is the only one I know about. And it...
PPA Brings out the Bawlmer Spirit in MANTS-Goers
Janet and I in full Bawlmer. The annual orgy of plant worship and fun times – the Perennial Plant Association symposium – is happening in Baltimore this year an...
Free-range birds and farmer fizz
Turkey image via Shutterstock This week begins a month (more or less) of eating—and drinking. Thanksgiving looms large, but after that there is also a continual...