Here in Michigan, we spend a lot of time with it being winter. I'm not opposed to that -- it is a quiet, restful time, and I like the br...

For less than $1000, I get to take a vacation from winter just by walking out the back door and into my greenhouse . I only keep it heated t...

A little over a year ago, I read that Iris reticulata doesn't require a cold period to flower. I got all excited , and planned to try g...

I've become completely converted to the idea that the best winter interest in my climate is house plants. And at the moment perhaps my f...

Most of the plants in my house every winter are things I've trying to overwinter for the garden next year. I don't generally expect ...

Snow is pretty but...

I love winter. I love snow. A lot. This is one of the reasons why.

Genevieve is asking garden bloggers to list their top 5 gardening books -- just in time for winter book season ! Here is my list:  Th...

We've had our first snowfall, and I'm settling in for the winter...

The snow is finally melting, and all of us Northern gardeners are giddy with joy, and we're all posting about the very same set of plant...

Bloom day is destroying my life. I always force bulbs during the winter, so I had a pot of dwarf irises which just finished flowering a cou...

As I have been talking about , I have a goal of redesigning the inside of my house as a garden. This past weekend, I tackled the long wind...

I'm all keen to get more house plants (even if, as my brother mentioned , this is more of a return to a former interest than anything...

The snow is starting to melt a little, and walking through the gardens at MSU I noticed the ornamental kale I had admired back in December. ...

Here is a time line of the events leading up to today's post. (photos are of most of the windows in my house. The reason for that will b...

 Once again, it is Bloom Day ! We have several inches of snow on the ground at the moment, so no chance of blooms outside (though the next...