Fortress Landscaping aka You Can't See Me
Ah, a charming cottage in an upscale suburb of Chicago peeps shyly at passersby!
Tapestry of Trees
The trees are turning late this year. It's been a roller coaster weather year, but I'm delighted to find autumn has arrived with its bushel basket of small pleasures.
Notes from the Rain Garden
There was rain in May, about 10 inches over average. My yard has taken on jungle qualities.
Purple Beech Sings of Seasons
Spring arrived. It showed up in a fury of thunderstorms and hot, windy days.
Herculean Hellebores
Will winter never end? That is the question Midwesterners are asking themselves on a snowy mid-April day.
Singing the Blues
They're called minor bulbs, the tiny flowers we scatter about in an effort to save our sanity after a long winter.
The Sensuality of Seasonality
These little beauties first poked leaves up in January. However, we had a couple of 50 degree days, so the snow is gone and the snowdrops are BLOOMING!
Kamikaze Tree Planting
I should have known. If you drop your business card into a raffle bowl of one of your vendors at a trade show, one that you bought more product from this year by a good chunk, odds are you are going to win something.
Summer Means Sunny Flowers
My raingarden has been overtaken by Rudbeckia. I have a hard time objecting.