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Local Fresh, Local Strong, Local Co-op
I have a clear memory of sitting at my kitchen table four years ago and reading a newspaper article about a small group that was forming to discuss a neighborhood grocery store three miles from my home...
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Urban Chickens: The bigger picture
Urban chickens a nuisance? I had four in this coop and no one ever knew… Well, the chickens have won. Not of course the literal chickens, exiled as pets by virtue of prejudice and ignorance, but the...
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HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS FOR GARDENERS
In my part of the world, Winter arrives as a gentle jolly spirit and departs like a raving banshee. However, before I start navigating three-inch ice with an ancient Land Cruiser, I plan to enjoy the...
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Raised Beds – Not Blood Pressure
Definitely not taking his measuring duties seriously. I have been in a discussion this week with a friend who has just bought a new (old) house and is about to claim a bit of the brushy, overgrown...
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Eating Well Shouldn’t Be An Elite Sport
Human beings have sought control of their outside environments for millennia – and not without a great deal of effort. When Harry Hunter-Gatherer decided to alter the course of human civilization and...
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The Food-Waste Disconnect
A perfect storm of circumstance ended in a coffee-filled rant on Facebook on Friday, and while I stand by those words (many of which were capitalized, and none of which were sensitive), it is...
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Big Dreams, Small Garden
Over the last eight years, I have written many columns encouraging people to face the space in which they find themselves and to create the garden that lives within them. Particularly in the midst of...
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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – June 2017
I’m new to this, but as the Garden Bloggers’ Fling is in my neighborhood this year, and I’ll be joining a lot of wonderful garden bloggers from all over the country in less than a week, I thought I’d...
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Gardens Bring Buffalo Back to Life: A Story of Urban Renewal
Are you struggling with the neighborhood in which you live? Are the ‘cons’ besting the ‘pros’ no matter how long you make that list? Are promises of ‘urban renewal’ by elected officials merely...
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A Better Black Friday
Whether we have fully accepted it or not, the holiday season officially kicks off the day after Thanksgiving. You may reject the idea of Big Box lines at 2am for unnecessary gadgets and must-have...
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Ashes to Ashes: The Legacy of The Emerald Ash Borer
About two years ago in the early winter months, I spied three pileated woodpeckers on an ash tree outside my office window and immediately felt like an Audubon rock star. These are large, colorful...
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Gokhale’s Got My Back
Over the last year, I have dealt with chronic back problems for the first time in my life. Over the last three months I have, for the most part, solved those problems with the help of a miracle-working...
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Nursery Spotlight: Brews and Blooms at Thanksgiving Farms
Shopping for plants is good. Shopping for heirloom vegetables is even better. But when you combine those plants and veggies with a hand-crafted beer, then add a band, a food truck and a lot of...
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Nursery Spotlight: Music, Inspiration and Retail Therapy at Surreybrooke
Join me in this series as I visit some of Frederick County, Maryland’s finest independent garden centers to find out what makes them unique. Finding and buying plants that you love is often much more...
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Nursery Spotlight: Lilypons Offers a Cooling Start to The Summer
As hot days and warm nights begin to color the pages of July, there are very few nurseries with display gardens that can boast of peak season. But then, there are very few that have devoted their...
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Nursery Spotlight: What’s Old Is New Again at Mar-Lu View
There’s something new on Frederick County’s plant scene. Perhaps you’ve seen signs in your neighborhood, pointing you in the direction of a garden center that you’ve heard about, but never visited....
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A Place for Peace – A Garden Restored
As a rule, young girls do not tend to frequent my lectures on gardening. For one, they are about gardening. And, as my heretical 16-year old daughter takes great pains to point out when she is not...
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Planting For Pollinators? Let the Neighborhood Know!
Gardeners are proud of their gardens for a host of different reasons. Some gardeners spend a great deal of time blending or contrasting color schemes. Others love creating secret rooms or...
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National Seed Swap Day: A Chance to Organize
I’m not quite sure how I ended up with so many seeds. But then, I’m not sure how I ended up with so many books. Or chairs for that matter. And the shoe/closet ratio has recently shifted from silly to...
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Electric Scooters: Efficient Transport. Ridiculous Fun.
Three weeks ago while attending the Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show (MANTS) in Baltimore and walking the streets of that city in between meetings and meet-ups, I noticed that teenagers were being...
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