On the frayed edge of Winter, we wait.  Spring is just days away.  We are hopeful.  We are spirited.  Winter seems, now, like a distant dream, and we are forward-looking and thinking, but could it be?  Could the baton…

I am anything but an environmental zealot, far from it. I have grown weary of the “green movement” which has raised numerous suspicions while questioning the intent and increasing power of the EPA.  Their ever-changing, over reaching legislation has created…

March ushered us to April’s doorstep without so much as a peck on the cheek before retreating into the shadows of a confused and fickle season.  We welcome April, perhaps with a bit more exuberance, as we distance ourselves from…

The birdsong?  What happened to the birdsong?  Were they not singing and perhaps giggling at our misfortune?  Stupid birds.  They were mocking us at best and warning us at worst.  Spring is clearly for the birds…not for us. We’re in…

Wow, what a spectacular weekend!  As luck would have it, our first annual, family camping trip was met with perfect weather, and the most beautiful, wondrous fall back drop imaginable.  The landscape was dotted with dramatic fall color, from the hard…

I’d never been much of a rose fan, save for the idea of heirloom roses growing against a cobbled wall in an English garden.  Other than that, they seem a bit pretentious and riddled with issues, hardly worth my time…

The time is upon us to start planting tomatoes (a.k.a “love apples”).  I, like my Mother, have a love-hate relationship with the versatile, tasty fruit (yes, it’s a fruit).  Some years we seem to fail, while other years the harvest is so abundant we can’t…

To mulch or not to mulch?  See, I’ve got that Shakespeare thing going.  The answer is, of course, mulch! Mulch can be the answer to many of our landscape and garden issues – a panacea of sorts.  How, you may…

When I was a kid, I kind of dreaded the 4th of July.  Don’t get me wrong.  I love fireworks, barbeques, parades and consider myself to be pretty darn patriotic, but the 4th meant that summer was almost over.  Sure…