A great new primer If you don’t know much about the world of collecting and preserving plant specimens, fear not. […]
How to rob your Rhododendrons of flowers
Easy on the power shears Having spent years on a pruning crew, the new girl was excited to show off […]
Homeowner’s plants decimated by courier in a rush
Careful! I could easily tell from my client’s text message that she was very upset. With snow on the ground, […]
Eighty-two year old stays active by building a gardening business
Perfect retirement The Globe and Mail newspaper publishes stories about people’s retirements every Saturday and this week’s article showed what […]
How I made a wildflower discovery
Something new This past weekend I discovered a wildflower species I had never seen before on my sister’s ranch outside […]
Groundcover gold star
Working like a charm Groundcover plants do exactly what the word says; they cover the ground and deprive weeds of […]
5 lessons I learned in 2021
Ready to learn If you read this blog consistently, you will know that I believe in non-stop learning. When you […]
Sonoran desert fight: Saguaros vs buffelgrass
Arizona saguaros in trouble The New York Times (Wednesday, August 4, 2021) reports that Arizona’s iconic saguaros (Carnegiea gigantea), pronounced […]
Botanizing at Wildlings Resort
Immigrant VIP The Wildlings Resort is a perfect place to go botanizing; and that’s exactly what I did this past […]
The diary of an accidental corm dealer
No to corm waste This blog post is a follow up to an earlier post I had written about pawning […]
