This is my season, springtime, when the world comes alive. Peach trees are ablaze in ruffles of pink, the first tulip appeared today, daffod...

I was in Sioux City, Iowa for the past several days, as one of the speakers at the Siouxland Flower and Garden Show. It was a small show i...

Ester Shouse I have to tell you about my life-long gardener friend who just passed on to the great garden in the sky last week. Long-tim...

Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) Spicebush is one of the earliest herb bushes to flower in the spring. Some years it's blooming in late F...

It takes more time than you might imagine to produce one of my "Great Little Herb Books." First the writing, then the recipe-tes...

Two kids, born 2 nights ago. Pick one of the coldest, most uncomfortable nights for weather, and our nanny, Veronica, gave birth to twin...

Our good friend, Chuck Voigt, brought us an assortment of squash he'd grown in his Illinois garden some time back. We've enjoyed...