When our winter weather is at its "winteriest," our son Christian loves to call and remind us how much he is enjoying living in Arizona.
During the polar vor...
The best thing about writing for you is that every month, I need to find something that you might find relevant to your gardening life and it inspires me to kee...
I am always thinking about my gardens—the ones I have and the ones I am going to have. Any day that is not too bitterly cold or windy will find me near my garde...
The memory that I am sharing with you will one day be right up there with my dad’s recollection of how he got to school. He walked five miles uphill- both ways...
I am thankful for my friends!
Because of Thanksgiving, November is a time when we are reminded to count our blessings. I try to be thankful each and every da...
Many interviews include the question, “What book is on your nightstand?”
In my case, it’s “books.” There are the expected gardening books. “Month by Month Ga...
September is when I evaluate my gardens and how well I have tended them. I am embracing a new season of my life now that Kent has retired and we are grandparent...
There is a flurry of back-to-school excitement in the air, but for us gardeners, we have up to three more months to enjoy and improve our outdoor surroundings. ...
July is one of my favorite months in my garden. The annuals are filling out nicely along my borders and in my planters. The roses are in bloom and the chores ar...
We all have them and we need to work together to get rid of them! If you work diligently to control the weeds at your home but a neighbor or two don’t, you’re p...
I love perennials, and when I was new to gardening I believed they would live forever, healthy and gorgeous, without much effort. Was I ever wrong!
I planted...
Daylight saving time makes the days last longer, so stroll around your home in the early evening hours. Take a notepad with you and make a to-do list. Where are...
My March 28 garden club meeting will include a program by horticulturist and landscape architect Ken Benson about houseplants titled “House Plants: Our Friends....
I have come to realize that I do my best gardening in the winter.
With every catalog arriving in the mail, my ambition grows by leaps and bounds. I love fill...
January is a time for resolutions and one of mine is to do a better job of recording the activity in my gardens. I resolve to visit my gardens at least twice a ...
Growing up, my family lived states away from all of our relatives. So our traditions were all “first-generation.” Christmas Eve we would go to church and then c...
Here’s how the Naperville Garden Club gives to our community!
At each meeting, we bring donations for our community pantry, Loaves and Fishes.
Our mission...
October is a good time to gently evaluate your successes and efforts that didn’t work out as well as you had hoped.
“Perfection is paralysis” has been my mot...
September is a good time to…fix up your mailbox!
Maybe yours looks fabulous already—the mailbox is on a sturdy post or enrobed with bricks or the mailbox loo...
On Mon., Aug. 21, 2017, North America will experience a total solar eclipse. The last one was 40 years ago, so be sure to experience this one. The moon will pas...
