This collection of hellebore blooms comes from three different sources: some are in my own garden, some are at Baldwin Nurseries , and some ...

It has to be spring now, because I took my studded winter tires off the car on Thursday afternoon. No more snow allowed until November, now....

Although much of North America has been revelling in bulbs for weeks now, we here in cool-spring Nova Scotia are just really getting going w...

It shouldn't be at all surprising that TS Eliot is one of this English major's favourite authors, and The Waste Land one of my favo...

After nearly a week of galeforce, chilly winds blasting down on us, the last day of March came ambling along like a sweet, fluffy lamb; warm...

In the words of Bugs Bunny, spring obviously "took a left turn at Albuquerque," as it has gone walkabout from Nova Scotia for the ...

Although I wrote in my last post that we have flower buds in the garden and the snow is nearly gone, we aren't going to bask in complac...

After a couple of crazy days away doing book stuff, it was so good to get home last night, even driving in fog and rain. This morning we wok...

With a long-awaited improvement in the weather, it's time to return to talking about plants instead of other matters. Not that the othe...

It's no secret that NO-vember is my least favourite month in the calendar. The lack of light gets to me, and today, the first day of goi...

The past couple of days have been truly glorious, proving that all things come to those who wait and don't complain about the weather. O...

Well, it had to happen sooner or later. The weather finally remembered that this is April in Nova Scotia, and threw a hissy fit worthy of a ...