Location: Southeast US

Greenhouses in the south are usually confined to merchants who provide plants to the public. When I lived in a northern climate I remember yearning for spring flowers. The bare trees, snow covered lawns and dormant planting beds provided such a barren

Location: Michigan

It is late January. I’m ready to confess.

Okay. Here goes.

I am an over-waterer.

It’s been a lifelong condition. As far back as I can remember I have poured water, too much water, on plants and they have overflowed, time and time

Location: Southeast US

My Grandmother was an organic gardener but the term had not yet been coined. She knew to rotate crops in her vegetable garden, understood companion planting to limit pests and spent many hours with a hoe digging up weeds rather than spraying them.

I

Location: Vermont

Oh January. Whose idea was this?

I stand with my nose up against the glass and look out at a cold white blur. Snow is piling up, blowing, obliterating any sign of life. Christmas is over and now, like others of my kind here in the far north, I am weary