Gardening in 2017 with Ovarian Cancer

There would have been no garden without Harv. He did it all. Every morning I take his arm and we hobble out to check the tomatoes and see what flowers we should pick. Fragrant peonies — the queen of flowers Which color of zinnia do you like best? My fuzzy wuzzy...

Late Summer Garden in Illinois

The seeded Concord grapes One day’s picking My favorite flower, probably The maroon sunflowers The yellow, buttery dahlia The red and white dahlia Today I must abandon the Principle of Non-Aggression as applied to gardening. I have tried all summer, but finding...

My Illinois-in-July Garden

My fluffy sunflower. We always stop cutting asparagus on July 4 so it can develop strong roots for next year. Three kinds of double hollyhocks — red, white, and cream. We’ll have chestnuts this year, despite the Japanese beetles. Two kinds of Concord...