Tugging at the root, I shook off the dirt and tossed the scraggly tomato plant in the wheelbarrow. I then gathered up...
Rascally
“Mom! I saw a rabbit in the garden!” That’s not possible, I thought. Even though at age 10 my son could recognize a...
Planning the Fall Garden
Standing at my kitchen table, I add water to the black, fluffy medium and stir. But I’m not baking a cake (although...
Gardening through the decades
“How is the tomato plant doing?” I asked my dad, having given him a Roma tomato plant a few weeks prior. “It looks...
Kids in the garden
The kindergarten teacher leaned into her group of lively 5 year olds and asked, “What color are carrots?” My...
Gardening when you're gone
I lay my kindle in my lap and stretched, digging my toes into the warm sand. Scanning the blue horizon where only a...
Four questions
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Yellow particles coat our cars, flip-flops emerge from the cobwebs in our...
Feeling Blue
I was as green as I hoped my thumb would be someday, but nothing could stop my determination. Having not even planted...
Good things grow for those who wait
I stepped down from the truck’s passenger side onto the parking lot at Lowe’s. Unseasonably warm February air greeted...










