Tag: The Garden Corner
Until drought do us part
One year ago, on July 1, I changed my relationship status on Facebook from “in a relationship” to “engaged.” After what felt like seven...
Walking Trees and Other Seemingly Impossible Things
Morning coffee has to be my ultimate favorite routine. True, sometimes it should be called afternoon coffee or mid-afternoon coffee, or even a “five...
A Garden Rebel by Any Other Name
“It’s a working world,” my father says every time one of us children leaves for work or school. Neither of which, I feel the...
Eye of the Plant-Holder
My mother and I like to take strolls through the garden center. We start down at the coffee bar and meander our way through...
Plants Do Not Stop
The dreaded cursor stares at me once again, almost threateningly, as I know this article has to be done. Dear fellow gardeners and readers...
Garden Crimes: Fraud in the Garden
I find a sense of normalcy and rhythmic dependability checking my emails every morning. Almost all mornings, it merely is a task of deleting...
J-Dogg Takes a Break, Hannah Fills-in
It starts out the same as any homework assignment, 700 words due by tomorrow, with the overarching subject being about horticulture. As a highly...
Plants as (Political) Weapons
Leni knew what she wanted the moment she stepped into the nursery, and from the quick steps towards me, I surmised she wasn’t going...
Garden Tomatoes
I caught up with Elle wandering through the left-over vegetable plants in the nursery. I was a bit embarrassed because those same vegetables, not...
Humor me. Please.
I was in my own world, trimming busily with my shears against the bright red new growth of Eugenia. These plants were supposed to...
