Category: Enlightening
Ken-Do Attitude
No reason to not have a garden
Interest in home-grown fruit and vegetable gardening is continuing to grow. Customers are asking more questions about starting seeds and how and where to grow vegetables. Interest in raised bed gardening, growing vegetables in...
Sweet Simplicity
Have a black thumb? Turn it green!
I joke that I have a “black thumb”— you know, the opposite of a green one. Everyone in my immediate family seems to be able to grow so many beautiful plants and I joke that my house is the grim reaper of anything with stems,...
Gardening Tips
Heartleaf foamflower blooms in May
If your garden has a bit of shade, there is a wonderful small native plant that blooms in May with lovely heart-shaped leaves that thrive all summer long. Tiarella cordifolia’s common name is Heartleaf foamflower because when...
Antique Discovery
Celebrating the tradition of the May pole
(Editor’s note: DeeDee Wood is the owner of Black Cat Curiosities, an online antiques research and sales venue.) Recently, I was in an antique store, and picked up a souvenir cup from a European country, no doubt, with...
