Fresh rosemary for the holidays: 25 recipes to grab your tastebuds

Rosemary by Muffet

“…there are some things I know for certain: always throw spilt salt over your left shoulder, keep rosemary by your garden gate, plant lavender for luck, and fall in love whenever you can.” – Sally Owens, Practical Magic.

Fresh rosemary is a pungent, flavorful, robust herb which works for [...]

Garden gifts for Green Gift Monday

“Last year on Cyber Monday consumers spent nearly $890 million dollars online. Imagine the difference we could make if just a fraction of that money was spent on responsible, meaningful holiday gifts.” – Nature Conservancy, 2010.

Gifts are one of the best ways we know to show people we care.  Some people shop early [...]

Are we secretly scared of nature?

McDowell Sonoran Preserve by Dru Bloomfield

Nature, red in tooth and claw. – Alfred Lord Tennyson

I’m driving down Metcalf Avenue. A sign catches my attention:

Deer Creek Preserve.

Ah, nature! Perhaps I should stop off to enjoy it.

Nature names no nature

Don’t let names  fool you -

South Creek, Fieldstone, Shadow Brook, Tallgrass Creek, Forest Creek, Heatherwood, Silver [...]

Five reasons to visit your local garden center in November

Textured holiday swag by Muffett

“Some gardeners never truly leave the garden.” – Alison Kerr, 2010

Some gardeners are seasonal, dreaming of sun-kissed tomatoes, and fresh, crunchy peppers, long, warm summer days and breakfast on the patio.

Some of us grow into a different kind of gardener.

Gardening can get inside your soul, until part of you is [...]

Easy indoor plants for new gardeners

Zebrina by Tamara Burross

“You don’t have a brown thumb, you just have a green thumb waiting to appear.” – Alison Kerr, 2010

Now that I’ve moved my herbs indoors I’m itching to try my hand at more indoor gardening.

I’m the klutz of indoor gardening

My mom used to grow wonderful indoor plants. My sister has always [...]