Sweet!
Pansies this week in an alley in Saratoga Springs, NY. There are so many of them growing in such a narrow crack between the wall and pavement that I'm assuming they are self-seeded, possibly from the window box above.

Keep Off! Don't Touch!
I'm here in New Jersey with my family for Thanksgiving. I'm grateful for the family part. New Jersey, less so. I've been unhappy with the state of yard-dom in the Garden State since I was five. If I were queen,...

Some of the best holiday lighting isn't about the holidays at all
My favorite holiday-season light displays are the ones put on by our great public gardens. Longworth comes to mind, and Lewis Ginter in Virginia. And here in Maryland it feels like magic in the Brookside Gardens' Garden of Lights with...

Garden Photographers Get Creative
In response to my post about garden photographers bringing in some extra cash by selling their art as notecards or in some other artsy format, I heard from Jeff Friesen, who offers prints of his work for sale through his...

The Harvest Feast
I went to the farmer's market this weekend and bought everything that looked good. It's the last market of the season--they always hold out until the weekend before Thanksgiving so we can have one last great meal with the local...