shirley | July 5, 2010
A “volunteer” unidentified plant arrived in the flower bed. It has a cone of purple flowers growing on a spindly stalk. I think it’s some kind of onion. The base of the plant looks like it’s growing out of an onion. How did this onion get in my flower bed? Or is it some kind [...]
shirley | April 22, 2010
Patience, Hope and Faith What makes a good gardener? People tell me they don’t have the proverbial “green thumb.” They complain that they can’t get plants to grow and thrive. They ask me how I do it. I tell them that it takes experience. I don’t believe anyone really has that magic “green thumb.” It [...]
shirley | February 16, 2010
Armenians, by nature, seem to have an ability to nurture the earth and make things grow. My father, for example, was an avid gardener. He always had an abundance of flowers and carefully clipped lawns and bushes. He even created a bonsai bush in the front yard under the light pole! Historic Armenia was a [...]
