Country Gardener

Today is winter solstice which brings the shortest day - and the longest night - of the year. The good news is that after this the days will...

Does Canada only have room for one national magazine devoted to gardening? It now looks that way. The publishing world is reeling with the ...

Which is it: bee balm, horsemint, oswego tea, or bergamot?* There's an interesting post by plant expert Allan Armitage over at Garden...

Chanticleer pear tree: I took this picture from my kitchen window One of the last trees to color up is our ornamental pear tree, Pyrus c...

It was a foggy morning, so I grabbed the camera and went out before breakfast. I didn't even need my gloves it was so mild. These pictur...

When my friend Sandy emailed me to say, "The beautiful month is here at last," I was surprised. I thought I was the only person (...

We had a thunderstorm here aournd 6 this evening. Then the sun came out and there was the biggest, most intense rainbow I'd ever seen. I...

Although there are still golfers playing at the course across the road from us, Toby and I have been able to start having morning walks the...

It's been a fantastic autumn for great foliage color. Here are some favorites from my garden this season. They all happen to be North Am...

We've had frost here and there, mostly in low-lying areas, but this was the scene yesterday morning when we finally got a serious killin...