There’s always room for a garden … it just might be in a container
Containers are appropriate for all types of plants: flowers, vegetables, herbs, and even trees. They allow for gardening in small spaces, with greater control of soil conditions. Plants that don’t
Artichokes: all about this interesting vegetable, which is actually a flower bud
Artichokes (Cynara scolymus) are ancient; probably first cultivated in the Middle East and then disseminated by the Romans. The word for this plant had an interesting linguistic journey, beginning as
The smell of water… and other observations on my mediterranean garden in Portugal
Here I could live out my love of gardening all year round, because it is so much like my native California. I didn’t realize that the Algarve and southern California