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The Garden in January
A new year, a new growing season. January is a wonderfully busy month in my garden, as I am given the opportunity to get on top of difficult areas of bramble and vine without the overwhelming and often...
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The Garden in February
This short month holds so much anticipation. I have grown to appreciate February. The sentiment is surprising and a long time coming for this once-California girl, but I can trace its evolution back...
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The Garden in August
August is deep summer. Fireflies are at their peak, and the sun is only just starting to wane. My water barrels run dry a little more frequently this month – and so does my patience – but when I’m...
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The Garden In October
October remains my favorite month. No doubt I have said that of May — and might do so again during a particularly charming spring, but October will always possess a deep resonance that May cannot...
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The Garden in November
November often starts with gentle frosts and easy, Instagrammable scenes, but by its end, winter is unofficially upon the Mid-Atlantic. Lawns have taken on a muted, tawny shade and the deciduous trees...
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The Garden in December
December is a month of transition in the temperate gardener’s mind. I look at it like a well-deserved break and savor every second. It is a resting month in the Mid-Atlantic garden, which is certainly...
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The Garden in January
A new year, a new growing season. January is a wonderfully busy month in my garden, as I am given the opportunity to get on top of difficult areas of bramble and vine without the overwhelming and often...
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The Garden in June
The gardener will be busy this month, and find that the available hours to work bear no relation to the amount of work that needs to be done. That is the hallmark of the June garden. In the Northern...
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The Garden in September
September gives us a chance to miss the summer before it’s gone. The heat is letting up, the evenings are cooler, and we start to anticipate the end of the harvest season. Suddenly, every tomato…...
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The Garden in February
It’s time to pay attention. February is here – the quiet prelude to Spring. This is the month where I get tough with myself and methodically face indoor tasks that will otherwise extract a price...
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The Garden in April
The signs of spring right now are real, but can feel illusory when the wind begins to gust or the sun is covered by a passing cloud. But assuming that the earth has not fundamentally changed its...
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The Garden in May
May has symbolized rebirth and a definitive end to winter throughout the centuries. It is at once a vigorous month and a calming one, but we must calm our vigorous urges so we might see it. Roses....
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The Garden in July
July. The exuberance of spring is over, and gardeners are looking at the remains of a pretty good party. But whether your garden looks hungover or not depends on the planting you did in the spring....
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