Yep, I’m doing an end-of-year review of my GardenRant posts and other writings – my first. So why this year? Not because I need distraction from the news, although I sure do. But several things got me thinking about my output this year. I was catching up ... See more
Occasionally the Great Algorithm gets me right, like with this video of Lukas, Micah and Willie Nelson performing “Turn of the News and Build a Garden.” It’s a message for now more than ever, but the italicized words about building gardens got me thinking... See more
Anyone else press ever pause on shows or movies when a residential landscape is on the screen? Well, I do it even when it interrupts the next plot reveal in “Pluribus” by the amazing Vince Gilligan, of “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul” fame. So while ... See more
Statue of Norman Rockwell across the street from the Greendale Village Hall. The sculpture can be rotated, and the “painting” on Rockwell’s easel can be changed to mimic what’s visible in the direction he is facing. The sculpture was unveiled in 2012. Alt... See more
Any other gardeners out there like me, wanting to support pollinators and other beneficial wildlife but having a hard time keeping up with the advice about to DO it? Finding out it’s more complicated than you thought it would be, that the problem isn’t JU... See more