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I burned the garden last weekend. With the mild winter, I thought the plants were waking far, far too early, so I burned before too much gro...

After six years with Blogger, I'm having serious technical problems and I'm no techie. Perhaps Blogger bogs down after several ...

Just reread Tom Stuart-Smith's The Barn Garden about his own garden in Hertfordshire--an intriguing book, a beautiful book, with severa...

Argillite chimney Another round of navel gazing ... In response to many helpful comments on my problematic reflecting pool design, I...

After six years with Blogger, I'm having serious technical problems and I'm no techie. Perhaps Blogger bogs down after several ye...

The garden seems to be evaporating before my eyes; the very substance of the grasses and herbaceous perennials, most of what's left, se...

Barring some brief, miraculous frosty transmogrification, the garden is gone for the year. I'm ready to burn what I can and cut the ...