The time is upon us to start planting tomatoes (a.k.a “love apples”).  I, like my Mother, have a love-hate relationship with the versatile, tasty fruit (yes, it’s a fruit).  Some years we seem to fail, while other years the harvest is so abundant we can’t seem to give them away.  When neighbors see us approaching…

To mulch or not to mulch?  See, I’ve got that Shakespeare thing going.  The answer is, of course, mulch! Mulch can be the answer to many of our landscape and garden issues – a panacea of sorts.  How, you may ask?  Mulch helps maintain moisture and reduces evaporation; thereby, minimizing…

When I was a kid, I kind of dreaded the 4th of July.  Don’t get me wrong.  I love fireworks, barbeques, parades and consider myself to be pretty darn patriotic, but the 4th meant that summer was almost over.  Sure enough, as an adult, the same holds true.  As soon…

Garden paths can be purely aesthetic, functional or both.  They can be invitations to the garden visitor to explore the landscape or perhaps just a convenient route for the landscaper to tend the garden.  Some paths are even created for our four-legged friends in hopes they will not tromp through the…