It's Not Work, It's Gardening!

We seem to have rather abruptly transitioned into spring here in the St. Louis area, and last weekend my wife and I decided to go for a hike...

You know I love moss, right? I post about it a few times every year -- so soft, green, lush. Probably the main reason that I like it so muc...

Last month during the Garden Bloggers Fling in Portland, I excused myself from the planned tour for the day (Saturday) and spent the time si...

The first full day of the recent Garden Bloggers Fling in Portland, Oregon started with an 8 AM walk from the hotel to the offices of Timber...

Last weekend when I was planting the sale plants that I had just bought , I noticed that one of the Clematis had a few extra plants in the p...

It rained again this weekend (I'll gladly give up some weekend garden time if this continues throughout the summer!) so I was just pokin...

I gave you warning a few weeks back: it's moss season here, and I cannot resist getting down on the ground for some mossy macro shots. ...

I know there are places where moss grows year-round or almost so, where it actually becomes a nuisance, just another "weed". Aroun...

I started collecting photos a week ago for a post I was going to call "emergence" -- it was going to show all of the things that a...

I told you, when I see moss I just have to stop and look. If my camera is nearby I need to photograph too. I looked around the yard for e...

Last weekend when I visited the large grove of bamboo near my house, I was excited. Not only because I had found a "walk-through"...

Today I continue my recent visit to the Missouri Botanical Garden. Part 1 is here  and  part 2 is here in case you missed them. Today...

Yesterday I posted part 1 of my visit to the Missouri Botanical Garden. Today I continue on where I left off. I'm nearing the southeas...

Sometimes my posts have focus. A topic. Maybe they document a project. Maybe they have a central theme. Other times my posts do not. They...

I've got a lot of different planting beds in my suburban garden: veggie beds, perennial beds, plantings of bamboo, huge ornamental grass...

I thought I'd finish off the year with a look at some of my favorite photos from 2010. Since I took a lot of photos this past year -- ov...

Often times when I'm taking photos in the garden I see something that doesn't lend itself to an entire post. Maybe it's somethin...

I spent the weekend in Chicago with my sister and her family. Early Sunday morning as I headed out the back door with my camera my sister sa...

Recently I've become a big fan of moss. I don't know much about it, and until a couple years ago it was always just something that g...