kim smith

Sometimes survival in compost piles has a way of glorifying a plant you thought you hated.

There is nothing better to cure a wicked case of self obsession that a good dose of fresh air and dirty work.

. . . We gardeners needn't have a siege mentality toward frost. It's not a villain, holding us hostage in some pitifully short growing season. Jack Frost is simply one more character in this dazzling, sometimes perplexing, and wonderfully rewarding practice we call gardening.