My Virtual Maryland Garden

Caladiums take very well to our summer weather, and if you decide to try them, don't be afraid to put them out in the full sun. I...

Wayne made these comments: "The battery came with the camera, but the memory card was extra. I bought my ca...

All of these were taken with the camera as it came from the box (after the battery was inserted): no...

Wayne's new Canon PowerShot SX280 HS camera makes me feel as if my...

During my first year at the community garden plots, while I was still getting to know some of the gardeners, I played a trick on one of my ...

Another cucumber story: there are plenty of gardeners whose gardening ambitions do not extend beyond tomatoes and a bit of basil.  For the...

Another cucumber story: that little bowl of thinly sliced cucumbers with sweetened vinegar and some thinly sliced onion was so good that I...

Another cucumber story: on one of the first occasions when I dined with Wayne’s parents in their home, cucumbers of all things provided th...

The gift of a couple of cucumbers last week has provoked memories of what I’m calling cucumber stories here. The cucumbers were ...

Known since the late nineteenth century, this robust prairie plant was one of the most esteemed and widely grown garden perennials a...

This is the buttonbush, commonly found in wet areas. It has a surprising distribution in nature, being found in eastern Canada down to ...

I took a quick walk through my little garden up on the hill the other day to pick lily blooms. At least one of nearly everything in blo...

If you look carefully at the lily stem in the image above you'll notice something odd: towards the top of the stem the normally roun...