DAYLILIES are an important part of the Upstate New York flower garden.  One variety has naturalized to grow wild in large beds in the...

It is BLUEBERRY time at TAProots farm.  The mild spring allowed a heavy bloom on the blueberry bushes, followed by a very dry June and...

Our return to springtime also applies to NONNY’S GARDEN at the Lakehouse.  No one attended it until we returned, so a bit of work was...

The move from Florida to our Finger Lakes summer residence takes us from midsummer to springtime flora.  Our evening walks provide the...

The FOURTH OF JULY is a big event on Keuka Lake, with boat parades and both official and unofficial fireworks to celebrate Independence...

This is the final blog from our Florida Home, as we travel to TAProots Farm and our Keuka Lakehouse.  The COVID-19 pandemic is entering a...

To complement last week’s Blog on its foliage, the week’s theme will be GINGER FLOWERS.  Since the tropics-loving ginger emerges rather...

The summer heat and rains have returned in a big way.  A group of plants In the Florida garden responding to this tropical weather is the...

The summer rains have finally arrived in the Florida garden, initially with regular 4pm showers but now with 4-5 inches of rain over 2-3...

The dry spell has ended for the Florida Garden, with warm humid days punctuated by an afternoon shower, and even a rainy day every so...

The weather has again reached the daily 90 degree temperature pattern for North Central Florida In this last week of May.  We can expect...

Both Joyce and I are big fans of STONES to add interest to the garden.  Our lakehouse has huge stonewalls, waterfalls, walkways, etc. ...

SLUGFEST BEERFEST.  Our neighbors,  Dave and Laura, give us a couple dozen coleus each spring.  Half I plant at the sunny end of the Palm...

The social isolation policies for the COVID-19 pandemic now have sequestered everyone in their homes for the last 4-5 weeks.  It is easy...

March was a dry spell in North Florida but the rains returned in April, bringing on the CALLADIUMS and their outrageous storms of color. ...

The next wave of SPRING BLOSSOMS in our Florida garden involves a variety of fruit that ripen in the late summer or fall.  The citrus...

A year-round feature of the Florida garden is a multitude of herbs for our cooking and grilling.  While we enjoy them in all seasons,...

After a long drought throughout February and March, the spring rains have returned to the Florida garden.  Most of the pruning and...

This week is most odd because we are sequestered at home due to the Corona virus, but still busily working rather than out enjoying the...

One of the joys of March in the Florida Garden is ORANGE BLOSSOM TIME.  The winter was rather mild and I was able to do some aggressive...