It’s been about five years since I stuffed a box of old letters from my mom’s side of the family into my office closet. Seven years before that, I pushed a similarly sealed box of old correspondence (from Dad’s family) …
You may remember reading about the five azaleas I moved this spring. When my grand re-landscaping project began, I transplanted these healthy, full-grown bushes to a place I thought they’d love. After three years of increasingly ho-hum performance, only one …
Even summertime carries its share of disappointments. The roses and many of the perennials around the garden have finished their first flush of blossoms. I’ve cut back spent branches and blooms to help consolidate their energy. But that means they’re …
When we moved to this new house three years ago, it already had a nice little yard with a modest landscape. But I wasn’t happy with the variety and placement of many of the plants. The covered porch was pleasant, …
Spring is always marked by a flurry of activity. On the garden front this year, I dug up five, full-grown, but unhappy azaleas and moved them to more auspicious locations. Since chopping a bunch of their buggy branches off to …
