It's Not Work, It's Gardening!

The deck gets a few planters each year, but most of the beauty that is visible late in the season is courtesy of the plants that grow up aro...

My garden -- like yours I have to assume -- is full of good and bad this year. Here's an example of good and bad in the same view: ...

Yesterday I wondered about apple storage, today it's about a plant ID. In downtown St. Louis there are a couple of old churches that we ...

We've had a good amount of rain in August here in St. Louis -- not too much, but a bit more than is normal -- and the garden is thriving...

For the past few years I've planted elephant ears (Colocasia esculenta) in the cement planter next to the front door. I really like...

As I mentioned recently, I've had some time to spend in the garden finally, and this post is a look at some of what I accomplished. It m...

Even though most plants are ahead of schedule this year due to our early warm weather here in St. Louis, a few of my plants have emerged lat...

Because it's been so mild, there has not been any urgency in digging up the tropicals. Yes I dug and brought into the garage some of the...

With a hard freeze a day away, it's time to take some drastic steps. This hurts every year I do it, but this year less than usual since ...

I'm quite happy with the Alocasias this year: There are two main plants there, although both have multiple pups now. So full, so pe...

I have more questions, some of which I actually need answers to. Let's start with animals. Why is there a baby Northern Cardinal ar...

This might be my favorite time of the year in the garden! I don't have time to say much, but here are some of the reasons why this ...

I thought I'd take a little break from the roadtrip posts (still posting about Yellowstone when I get back to it) and show you what'...

When you look around my garden right now you see a lot of elephant ears, canna, papyrus, umbrella palm, caladium, grasses, and many other pl...

My first plant sale yesterday was a lot of fun! Although I didn't get rid of all of the plants, I did find new homes for a large number ...

The forecast called for a low temperature of 32ºF (0ºC) last night, which means there is a good chance that the tender tropicals and annuals...

Yesterday I showed you most of the plants I put on the north side of the new front walkway. Today guess which side we're going to l...

Stems, stalks, trunks, pseudostems, culms. Of course they're the vertical structures that raise the branches and leaves into the ai...

Today we'll look at one part of my backyard garden. It's the spot closest to the house, and is probably the most visible planting ar...

I grow several different types of elephant ears, Colocasia mainly. Some of them have a little problem with spider mites, and some don't....