Books I have read lately. A different game of squash. Confessions of a Pioneer Woman. Of Kids and Kudzu for a Better World by Bob Hill.

You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. Friday, June 15, 2012. OK, yes, I can believe it.

In the land of El Sol. Jacqueline grew up in Tucson and has traveled extensively around the globe studying the vegetation. Her garden is the entire landscape around her home, filled with plants that need as little care as possible. Minimal care is not her only plant selection criteria however. Plants must also provide color, texture, and movement in the landscape. Food for the table is also a high priority. Many of the plants in her latest book were test grown in her own yard.

Friday, August 5, 2016. This one was written years ago. The majority of this caterpillar business took place in the summer of 2011. A momma Giant Swallowtail Butterfly had found my tiny wafer ash tree that I got at a native plant sale earlier in the year. How did she ever find it? They still looked like bird poop, but another thing started to develop to keep predators .

The Home of Horticultural Heroines. Which is your favourite Beth Chatto book? We had a great evening celebrating the arrival of the Beth Chatto Archive at the Garden Museum.