16 Herbs You Can Use For Tea
July 31, 2014Your next cup of tea could be as close as a walk to the garden.
7 Self-Sowing Annuals I Love
July 24, 2014Lighten your garden workload by planting self-seeding flowers that come back year after year without coaxing.
5 Ornamental Plants That Could Save Your Vegetables
April 25, 2014What’s the work without the play? Bring beauty and benefit to your vegetable garden by using these flowers as companion plants.
What Are Your Valentine’s Flowers Saying?
February 12, 2014Valentine’s Day is upon us! Strangely enough, it has become a day of controversy.
Bushes for Butterflies
July 26, 2012I have always loved butterfly bushes. Their big panicles of flowers are magnets for butterflies of all sorts, and at a mature height of up to 6 feet, they make quite the impression.
Torches in the Garden
January 7, 2011It’s gray-weather time here in Rapallo, and on good days we all walk around wearing long underwear and a bunch of jackets. I haven’t worked in the garden for at least a month now because it’s not so much fun when everything is cold and wet.
Flowers in the Vegetable Garden
November 5, 2010The flowers in the garden look pretty nice this week. The big splashes of color are particularly welcome at this time of year, when the crop plantings are no so spectacular yet.
Tried-and-true Fall Flowers
November 4, 2010I can’t believe how many things I still have blooming in the garden—the most beautiful of which are my Venus mums.
Red Hot Pokers
December 4, 2009Some of my favorite flowers, the Red Hot Pokers, are just starting to come into flower in our garden these days.
