I finally posted my first newsletter/essay/post in the Substack garden profile. I am so new to working on that platform that I don’t even know what to call the writings there! Nevertheless, I plunged in. Here, is the the introduction to my “Peace in the Garden writing: Southern Spring The gentility of vernal Georgia I […]
Peace in the Garden Begins
While I’m Updating, Read This
All I’m doing… for hours upon hours, is updating the garden journal and website, Ilona’s Garden. The web changes and ten years of general neglect might as well have been a millenium in online time. Most people don’t even remember “technorati tags”. But they contribute a lot of dead links! And all the former garden […]
Visit Ohio’s Beautiful Public Gardens
Finding The Gardens Of Ohio I thought that people visiting or new to Ohio might like a gardener’s recommendations of the sights to see. It also occurred to me that I might like to discover some new ones and record the experience. I garden and have lived most of my life in Ohio- because I […]
Why Can’t I Grow Things Here?
In this Southern garden, where I have recently moved. That is a little exaggerated, okay? I do grow some things, mostly what was already planted and survived on my property. But I am not having success with many of the new things I am trying to grow in this North Georgia garden. So let’s start […]
‘Tis the Season to be Jolly
I feel pretty jolly, over all. Not because everything is going smoothly, but because there is an inherent joy within the Christmas season for me. The only explanation is the spiritual significance and infusion of the holiday. The days are holy! It does add to the overall atmosphere of joy and peace that the lights, […]
Garden Change: Crazy Paving Gone Bad
The stone crazy-paving front walk is no more. The front walk became a constant garden chore. I had laboriously weeded a crazy patchwork of fieldstones that we installed years ago. For a long time it looked pretty good with the original sandy mortar joints. Following the example of a neighbor at my old city neighborhood, […]
