The musings of a chef-caterer turned estate gardener, digging, pruning and cultivating my way through a year in the garden. Thursday, October 25, 2012. Out, and I love how they contrast with the secondary bloom of the Encore azaleas behind.

Friday, November 4, 2016. Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Blomquist Garden of Native Plants. Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Monday, May 5, 2014. Sunday, May 4, 2014. Saturday, May 3, 2014. Friday, May 2, 2014. A photo a day of some aspect of Duke Gardens in Durham, NC. Nigel Tangelo and Moomin Light.

A blog about bird watching, gardening and the natural world. Saturday, February 9, 2013. Not So Lousy Bird Walk.

Mossy, fecund thoughts about gardening and nature. high of 23 next Tuesday! These are the hardest weeks for me as a gardener and human being. As recently as last week, I was.

Books, art, and life in Maine. Wednesday, February 7, 2018. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. Pachinko parlor in Nara, Japan. The sign of a good book is feeling bereft at the end. Under Japanese rule from 1910 to 1945, Koreans endured poverty, hunger, and rape. Some immigrated to Japan to live in slums. Even after World War II freed Korea, the Koreans who remained in Japan were treated as a legal underclass. It has a marvelous sense o.

Saturday morning I decided to head to Red Butte Garden to see what is blooming. The gardeners were hard at work, which is what I was trying to do in the home garden last week. Roses as Easy Care Plants.

The capital of Nepal, your gateway to the top of the world. When someone of high status died in Bali, a funeral ritual is performed to. The daytrip to Doha was unexpected and the only reason of this was because. Nemrut Dagi, Large Ancient Statues on a Mountain Summit. The town of Kahta is only a 30 minutes dolmus ride from Adiyaman City. The Ancient Ruins of Pirin, Adiyaman.