Yesterday was a real red-letter day for me. I was out for the first time since arriving back home from my knee-replacement surgery, nearl...

This time of year, there are two types of gardening going on in Nova Scotia (and most of eastern North America): the planning of next spr...

 Suddenly, we're well into December and Christmas/Yule/Solstice and winter are rapidly approaching. There are deluges of posts and art...

Patience is a virtue when it comes to dealing with certain plants. I present to you, Paphiopedilum 'Limerick x Hillsvale x Cherokee'...

I don't do a post for every Garden Bloggers Bloom Day , mostly because I don't like to follow memes every time they run. But in the ...

If there is a more perfect cure for winter (other than a trip somewhere warm) than orchids, I don't know what that would be. For those...

Thursday was my birthday, and on Wednesday, LongSuffering Spouse arrived home with a big box full of packing, tissue paper and the like. ...

Tis the season to show pretty pictures of poinsettias, Christmas cacti, and other holiday-related plants. I'm no exception, as I love al...

Well. On Friday, the weather decided to throw that Farch snit I've been expecting for several weeks, first bringing us a little snow, th...

Okay, I admit, I couldn't resist it. The Oscars are tonight, and yesterday I went to an orchid show at Acadia University, where some of ...

It's been months--well over a year, actually--since I participated in one of Carol's Garden Bloggers' Bloom Days , and I thought...