It is a fact of life. Like weeds. You don’t even notice how it creeps up on you, but suddenly it is there and it must be dealt with: Age Two things begat this post, the fact that the heat has forced me to stay indoors and updating a post that had very good advice […]
older gardeners
How Did I Get Here Again? Advice For Older Gardeners
Life Is Good A fellow garden blogger has to cut back on the hard labor in the yard due to medical issues. I can identify. We all grow older, and our gardens grow older… we can move from a garden (or house) that is too much work, but you are sort of stuck with your […]
growing old in the garden
When I was first gardening in my early twenties, I read some garden books that shaped my experience. The author that most fascinated me and influenced was probably Helen Van Pelt Wilson. I read most all her books on the subject of gardening, and one of them dealt with the reduced scope of gardening as […]


