Botanical Interests

And it's a sign of age I think, that I start the day planning to get 5 things done, end it with getting 2 things done, and end up feeling like I've done 12 things.

Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.

A garden is a private world or it is nothing, and the gardener must be allowed his vagaries.

It therefore became a storage shed, which simply meant a place to put anything you could not find a place for otherwise.

Looking back on what I have just written, I see I said sow a vast patch. I am sure this is good and sound advice. Always exaggerate rather than stint. Masses are more effective than mingies.

Not everyone has the personality to have a public farm.

The garden is not only an ornamental place, but a habitat and a civilization.

...if it weren't for the New York State agricultural exemption, the family farm couldn't exist.

We're all experts in the garden, right up until the moment that we're not. . . .Every single time you try a new crop or new variety or new plot, you risk failure. Even with the tried and true, a year of strange weather can make decades of experience meaningless.