While it was another sunny day outside, the temperatures today are more “March-ish” with highs only in the 40 degrees F which will be 25 degrees F colder than yesterday. …

This was the day I should have had my camera back in action for shots of so many volunteers here at the gardens on this warm day.  I know there …

Today was a bit more cloudy as compared to the sunny days we had all week but the temperature was still nice and reached around 60 degrees F today.  It …

Today was another balmy day with temperatures near 60 degrees F and ample sunshine.  It’s interesting how much warmer 60 degrees F feels in March versus October!  I saw many …

  It felt like early May today with temperatures near 60 degrees F and ample sunshine.  The birds were chirping happily and the snow has been melting steadily.  We had …

Today was another warm and sunny one with temperatures in the upper 50 degrees F!  Needless to say, the snow is melting quickly which creates that annual sloppiness.  We had …

Above is the beautiful (and delicious) sea kale (Crambe maritima) but more on that later… It was a beautiful and sunny day over 50 degrees F which is nice warm …

In the past 48 hours, I’ve travelled about 2,000 miles (mostly by air of course!) but saw some neat things.  On Wednesday morning, I headed to O’Hare airport to fly …

We had about 4″ of fluffy snow float down this morning followed by some freezing rain.  I had a presentation in Blue Mounds, WI tonight that had been rescheduled due to potentially bad road …

As I finish ordering seeds and plants for the 2015 Spring season, one of my focus areas is the Smelly Garden theme which will be featured in the Nancy Yahr …