It's Not Work, It's Gardening!

Since we're squarely in Winter's grasp now, it seems a great time to look back four to six weeks to appreciate the end of summer 201...

A rain/snow mix overnight made things pretty... ...unless you're a bamboo grower. A bamboo grower who likes upright plants that is,...

Yes, it's still Winter. That's not necessarily a bad thing though.

Whenever snow is forecast I still get excited! I love the way everything looks under fresh snow, but I especially like bamboos in the snow. ...

In going back through old posts for yesterday's long overdue  favorite photos of 2012 post, I saw some things that I really liked. This...

This weekend brought us our first real proof of winter in St. Louis, mild temperatures driven out as the Arctic air pushed in. I did no...

Outdoors it's mostly winter, with more snow this past weekend, and some cold temperatures. It gave me what was hopefully the last l...

Still cold here, and getting colder (tonight's low is forecast to be 13ºF/-10ºC). The big surprise though was snow yesterday. Not j...

One thing you can't deny about our recent snow and dangerously cold weather: it makes for some beautiful mornings! The cold, gusty ...

After a couple of really mild winters, we're back to a "normal" winter in St. Louis, with alternating periods of warm and cold...

One of my favorite things about having snow on the ground is being able to see the tracks of whatever creatures visit. When I first moved he...

The snow certainly is pretty, but the 4" (10cm) or so we received Friday night is heavy! It started as rain then turned to snow as the ...

Awoke this morning expecting it to be cold, and was not disappointed. About 10ºF (-12ºC), which makes it the coldest morning of the winter s...

That's the sound of spring arriving in my St. Louis garden this year, in the form of several inches of heavy snow. Yes, it makes everyth...

Yesterday was a lovely spring day and I spent it in the garden digging, cleaning up, building things. Today though winter returns to St. Lou...

It's been quite wintery in St. Louis the past few weeks -- as it has been over large parts of this country. Temperatures have been much ...

There was a chance of snow last night, with accumulations of up to 1" (2.5cm) expected -- in St. Louis that really means "it's...

One of the best things about a little snow on barren ground is seeing the tracks that are left by various creatures. Oh, I'm not ta...

Just quick but heartfelt wishes for a year full of adventure, discovery, and happiness! (Hopefully lots of gardening too of course.) Th...