Country Gardener

Our four-square garden after a successful renovation Our country property is for sale, and if you're curious, that story is over ...

I have new post on this topic at the new blog .

I have two new posts over at Countrygardenerblog , about Eco-lawn and you can find them here: Eco-lawn - how low maintenance is it? My new...

My new post about fall color, this time all about terrific trees and shrubs for autumn display. This blog has moved, please visit countr...

I have a new post up with lots of pictures of ornamental grasses in the fall. Please go to my new blog to read it. In working on the blog c...

Blog notice: I want to let you know that my blog is moving to a new location. It will be two-step move, first from blogspot to WordPress, w...

Garden bloggers Helen and Sarah Battersby of torontogardens.com , who visited my garden last month and posted a delightful slide show of my...

I recently finished reading Break of Day by Colette (translated by Enid McLeod from the French "La Naissance du Jour"). It has in...

I sometimes want to post pictures without garden articles, so I've started a separate photo blog for that purpose. You can visit it here...

One of the chief joys of country gardening is the many birds that summer on our property. I had never really noticed grey catbirds until we ...