Autumn Color
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Now that the leaves are gone, at least here in the Northeast, other sources of color in the garden begin to shine in the pale golden November light. Here are a few of my favorites in a brief photo essay … Continue reading
Category Archives: Garden Earth™
2011 Seed Catalog Awards
Well, it’s that time of year again; the seed catalogs are arriving fast and furiously. How to choose among all that gloss? No worries, I’ve done it for you. Here are my 2011 top catalog picks. For the second year … Continue reading
From the Kitchen Garden: Lovage
If there were to be a contest for the most sorely neglected culinary herb, lovage would certainly rank among the top five candidates. I first encountered this member of the parsley family two decades ago, not so much because I’d … Continue reading
Of Tonka Toys and Little Boys
A few weeks ago, while I was in Kansas filming the pilot for my new show, Garden Earth, I came across something I hadn’t seen for 30 years. No, not some lost old rose cultivar, but a veritable garden heirloom … Continue reading
Not Your Grandmother’s Agave
While filming the pilot for my new show, Garden Earth™, I came across a plant at the Family Tree Nursery in Overland Park, Kansas that I think is a real winner: Agave schidigera ‘Durango Park.’ This lovely plant grows to … Continue reading
One Man’s Weed…
I just got back from Kansas City, where I went to film the pilot for a new show called Garden Earth™. The concept is unique to TV: essentially, we’ll be telling the stories behind gardening: the fascinating history of the … Continue reading