Archive for June, 2011

Technology and garden design collide with the launch of iPhone app, iMyGarden.   Here our phone and plant addictions can both be satisfied.   Think of this as adult entertainment for the avid gardener.  Painting with plants, particularly bulbs, when maybe you have a bit of free time or need bulb buying inspiration. It’s nearly perfect [...]

Mint is aromatic, a lively addition to tea or other concoction and the bane of a garden if grown without restriction. “You have mint in your garden?  You may as well pick it up (the garden) and move it somewhere else.”  This was the response of one gardener upon hearing my most recent mint encounter. [...]