Almost American

DH just got home from the local Farmers' Market. The kind, sweet, man that he is, he brought me a couple of gifts. Well, they are to sha...

Long weekend = trip to IKEA + lots of gardening. Good thing we have a large(ish) vehicle. Most of our neighbors have their mulch delivered i...

When I first arrived in the US as a graduate student I didn't think about gardening in the USA. It never occurred to me that I was goin...

My latest post is over here , at Michelle's blog, A Mid-Atlantic English . Go read that post and then come back! In many ways, Michelle...

One of my favourite summer fruits is blackcurrants. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find them here in the US. Blueberries, on the o...

The English lawn is so simple, and yet it takes a lot of maintenance to make it look so good. Supposedly, that was part of the point origin...

Torn between the delight of watching the wild rabbits in the garden and the annoyance of seeing said wild rabbits eating my plants, I realiz...

My American Mother's Day got off to a pleasant start - I was told I had to stay in bed and not go downstairs until I was called. You won...