We seem to have gotten past our collective angst over moving the clocks ahead. Seems so strange. Aren’t we constantly noting how time flies? Can you believe it’s January? No, wait, February? Is it actually March? Even young children say it: “Can you believe it’s the weekend already Mom?” And so what do we do? We move the clocks ahead an hour. What in the world are we doing? I’m not sure, but I do know that spring is just ahead, a stirring force to be reckoned with, charging r

The native plant Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum), is such a unique plant it’s impossible to miss. It’s a joy to see Mayapple unfurl in the early spring and mature to a stand of what looks like green umbrellas. Mayapple is considered a spring ephemeral or a plant that comes to life in early April and completes its life cycle by mid June. Other spring ephemerals include Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginca), Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum) and Spring Beauty (Claytonia vi

So there is a certain someone you have feelings for. You want to give a meaningful gift but you don’t want too be obvious. The language of flowers will help you out. In times gone by attributes were assigned to flowers giving them a nuance and meaning of their own. The name for pansy comes from the French word “to think”; So it follows that giving a bunch of pansies would be the perfect way to say, “I’m thinking of nothing but you”. You grab your scissors and head out to the

Every garden holds its own pledge as well. We have put to bed many a garden last November and we know what’s happily waiting under the soil.