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Someone asked me the other day if my gardening had slowed down now that winter was approaching. In fact, I would say it has ramped up consid...

Let us not forget on this day those who fought and those who lost their lives for our freedom.

Gunpowder treason and plot, Remember, remember the 5th of November, Shall never be forgot. So goes the rhyme that every schoolchild grow...

My garden is beginning to signal that winter is on the way. Sometimes it seems as though it is never going to arrive  and when it does happe...

My first thought when I scanned down the list of secret gardeners portrayed in Victoria Summerley's latest book, The Secret Gardeners, w...

There are parts of my garden that are high on the list of neglect. This little corner of the front courtyard is one. You wouldn't think ...

On Sunday we attended a tribute to the architect Dick Clark at the Paramount theater in Austin. He was the man who gave us the wonderful spa...

This summer we spent a few days on the Amalfi coast, Italy, known for its rugged coastline and villages perched precariously on the cliffsid...