I've been thinking a lot lately about beneficial soil life. It is kind of a hot topic these days, from compost tea to various commercial...

I know I said I was taking this week off blogging, but this is just too fun not to share. I've been playing with Google Ngram viewer . ...

I was riding home on the bike trail along the river the other day, when I saw this bit of ephemeral botanical art by the side of the path: ...

Last week I read The United States of Arugula by David Kamp. It is a fun little history of the rise of the food movement in the US -- start...

I am on NPR's food show, The Splendid Table this week! Check out this week's episode , I'm at the very end, after the call-in se...

So, my partner (who is able to build anything) drew a design on our chalkboard counter top for a 400 square foot greenhouse for the back yar...

I got my copy of Asiatica's spring catalog the other day, which opens with a chatty letter from the owner. This year, a fairly depressi...

Timber Press is having a contest : Submit your best macro garden photograph, and you could win a copy of a book about taking macro photos.(w...

Just SOME of the seeds I've ordered so far this year. I'm carefully NOT thinking about how on earth I'm going to have room for...

One of my favorite bloggers, The Germinatrix, has stumbled on a revolting lair of (in her words) "unnecessarily pornographic" of s...

I was startled to see tomatoes for sale in Select Seeds, then White Flower Farm's catalog came, and it has vegetables on the cover AND d...

I'm not a big movie person. I don't even have a functioning television, and my trips to movie theaters are few and far between. But ...

Just in time for the holidays... A video game for gardeners and zombie lovers alike. Who knew gardening could protect your house from zom...

The garden is cleaned up. My last minute clearance sale perennials are all planted. Leaves are off the trees. It is the perfect time to curl...

If you visit my blog for the as-advertized "thoughts on plants and gardening" you may want to skip this post. But, in real life, I...

My last post got me thinking... every garden knows that plants make them feel better, but I wondered if there was an scientific research on ...

When frost was first threatened, I ran out and cut a flower and three leaves from my calla 'Edge of Night' (A lovely plant... black ...

Fall speaks of death With promises of rebirth

I got home yesterday from a long day at work to find a satisfyingly heafty box from McClure and Zimmerman . I rushed inside, pulled it open...

Just saw this from the Chicago Sun Times -- Michelle Obama (Love her!) talking at the opening of the new DC farmers market described startin...