The Associated Press reports on a new plan by the Mexican government to preserve the 124,000 acre "insect mecca" in central Mexico where Monarch butterflies congregate every year. The basic plan is to stop logging and increase tourism to bring...
Hubbard Hall Plant Sale April 26 Is this just a northern gardener's problem? Where we're constantly trying to fit a full-sized gardening experience into a half-sized growing season? Or do those...
Okay, I'm in. I had stopped putting in a real vegetable garden in favor of perennial culinary plants like artichokes and fruit trees, but after I saw Michele's vegetable garden (pictured at right),...
You may remember I posted here about the gorgeous conservatory designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Darwin Martin’s estate in Buffalo. After being demolished, it has recently been rebuilt. If you’re...
Amy Stewart was amazed, when she came to visit me two weeks ago, that we still had snow on the ground. Since then, we've had an unbroken run of sunny, hot weather. What global warming means to us is...
This magnificent Queen Anne house and magnificent magnolia soulangeana are right across the street from me in Saratoga Springs, NY. Not a day goes by that I don't feel grateful for the sight of both...