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This was my second visit, to the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, to see Chihuly: The  Nature of Glass. The gardens provide a stunning s...

On Saturday the Texas Flower Bulb Society held their Spring sale at Zilker Gardens. Spurred on by wonderful photographs of colorful flowerin...

If you live in the mountain juniper belt you will know exactly what this is. This morning around 9:45 am the temperature must have just been...

Northern gardeners may smile when they hear me talking about growing rhubarb. It was so easy when we lived in Canada. My freezer was stock f...

When I lived in Canada I was never tempted to try to grow plants that were out of my zone. Here in Texas it is too tempting to grow these pl...

I have to admit that when I woke up on Saturday morning to a big chill over the Austin area I was rather glad. It meant I didn't have to...

It has been a gorgeous week to work outside in the garden. A garden that grows year round needs constant attention. I usually spend more tim...

Something terrible happened in my greenhouse on Saturday. I have 5 citrus in there for the winter and all are in flower. Their perfume is al...

Do you ever wonder if you inherited your love of gardening? When I look back at my grandfather I know he planted the seeds of his love of ga...

The two day drive home from Phoenix, this week, gave me ample time to reflect on garden happenings in 2008. In January we added what was to ...