One of the regular signs of spring in Nova Scotia is the annual Saltscapes East Coast Expo , a celebration of the best of Atlantic Canada. F...

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 ...

One of the coolest things about the writing life is how so many of us make friends with other writers. They may be in other disciplines, fi...

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...

Pulmonaria is one of my favourite perennials for any number of reasons. The foliage is fantastic, the pink, blue, white or reddish flowers a...

Trying to be optimistic here, as we have had two outbursts of really bad weather in the past 5 days. This has resulted in more snow, but als...

While western and southerly parts of North America are beginning to relax into their anticipation of spring's arrival, SOME of us are st...

As many people who hang around with me on Facebook, Twitter, or in real life know, last year one of my projects was to write a book for Nimb...

Arghhhhhhhh!  As this winter of unending snow continues to bring still MORE snow to us beleaguered Nova Scotians, we cope in different ways,...

Sanctuary: The Story of Naturalist Mary Majka by Deborah Carr. Goose Lane, 19.95 pb. Author Deborah Carr had known Mary Majka for 15 ye...

Well, it's Valentine's Day once again, and I'm here to offer a gardener's point of view on what makes for a happy sweetheart...

Most of the time, I don't mind winter. I really don't. It's an important part of life in much of North America, and it's cru...

“The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams. ” Henry David Thoreau

There are several questions that garden writers get over and over again, and try to answer with varying degrees of success. “How do I keep ...