Gaia Garden

As I started thinking about getting ready for holiday guests and Thanksgiving feasts, I realized that I had a pile of books on our dining ro...

A dear friend of ours loves southern magnolias and has tried to grow them in her suburban Chicago yard.  She fell in love with the species m...

Pardon my French, but "slut shamed" rather perfectly describes what I feel like about this.... I came home last Wednesday night ...

I don't often blog about exotic plants, except perhaps to whine about exotic invasives, but this seems like a good time to share my love...

What do you think about while you weed? As relaxing and enjoyable as I find it to weed, you'd think I'd be thinking elevated, beau...

Anybody else out there enjoy weeding? While I don't like to be outside for any length of time if the weather is abysmal - which is how...

Greg and I spent the month of June in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, on "Baby Watch."  Connor finally decided to join us about 10 days...