In the Garden

Nearly 10% of the US population or 32 million Americans have full or partial ancestry to Ireland. On March 17th...

During the holidays I saw a cartoon on Facebook where a man asked Santa for a large picture window on...

In the early 1820s German teacher and composer, Ernst Anschutz , wrote his famous song, “O Tannenbaum.” The English version...

It is the time of year when fake wreaths and unrealistic greenish plastic garland begins to appear on doors and...

We have many weeks and months to go before the arrival of spring. It seems far away now, but time...

In August of every year, sweet smelling pink flowers seem to pop up in the landscape almost by magic. The...

When I came home from living and teaching in Africa I wanted to plant flowers in containers and place them...

Ohio Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis) is a nice spring to early summer perennial that has spiky, grass-like foliage with deep blue,...

I was reading an article in a magazine about a man who did not like planting spring flowering shrubs and...

As a kid growing up in Columbus, Ohio we lived between and across from wooded areas, just a couple miles...

It is not surprising that the tomato is the number one vegetable grown in American gardens. Nearly 90% of all...

My father always said as far as he was concerned spring began on his birthday in early March. Technically spring...

We gaze out over a bed of bright colorful flowers and enjoy their beauty. Bees are buzzing about while butterflies...

Can plants learn? Do they communicate with each other? Can they change their environment to survive? The intelligence of plants...