The best gardener is a baby killer. Baby insects are much easier to kill than adults, and haven't yet developed the big mouths and voracious appetite….

I have heard people say, "I garden in lieu of therapy, but therapy would be cheaper." I believe gardening's worth the price since it's at least as ef….

Gardeners do first, read later. Why not? Plants are very gracious in accepting an apology..

Wood's not natural mulch for a woodland garden. Do you see forest trees shatter into a zillion pieces and fall? No. They fall, then decompose, then s….

Be pleased with your real garden, don't persue the perfection of a picture. What you see in a photo lasted only as long as the shutter snap..

Watch out for trees and traffic. The change is slow, the impact great, yet we miss the one and mistake the other..

A colorful handle on a tool does nothing for me. Once it drops into that jungle out there, unless it's absolutely huge, it's gone until fall..

Low care is what we do while on our knees. Smart care is what makes the growing easier..

If you cut a shrub back because it's just too big, and it dies, you haven't lost anything but a plant that couldn't live by your rules..

When many plants are out of the picture in winter, it becomes clear that many of them should be pitched out. It's also much easier to do that before ….

Take care with manufactured chemicals, certainly. Your safety and long term health are more important than anything. Yet don't forget that if you gro….

You don't know the plant until you've killed it. Then you've learned something..

If someone says "You're not doing that right," hand him the shovel, sit and watch. That's the right way to garden..

The very best garden is a new one, on virgin ground. Plants leap out of that spot..

We blame Walt Disney for goldenrod's undeserved bad name. Despite Sneezy's pronouncement, plants such as goldenrod with heavy, insect-carried pollen ….

We think we learn by growing a plant but we can't know if it's just surviving or truly living? We really don't know anything about a plant until we k….

Take my last best advice: Try everything twice!.

If a bush is too big, don't ask "should I?" Go ahead and cut it. If it lives, great. If it dies, replace it with something better suited!.

There's no "right way" to garden, only what suits each person and place..

History is everything in gardening: With a site, weather, a particular plant. It solves mysteries. And it's why, when others say, "You can't do that!….

Silly gardeners! We buy pretty, comfortable benches and position them oh so carefully. But does the gardener ever sit? No! We perch momentarily and t….