This is the first year for several years that a freeze has not visited while the fruit trees were in bloom. I call it the orchard, but I only have two apple trees; one red delicious, one yellow delicious, a red plum, and a small peach tree. more »

Daffodils are early spring bloomers and their blossoms have all but faded from the garden; I have just a few clumps that are now in bloom. Now the question is how to handle all the blades left standing in the flower beds. There is a bad practice for handling daffodil blades, and that is the practice of braiding. more »

In the back garden I have a couple of flower beds with bearded irises. Unfortunately, Japanese stilt grass has become a problem in my garden and had invaded one of the bearded iris beds. Japanese stilt grass grows fast and can quickly choke out plants;… more »