Well, Spring is on its way.  Only a couple of weeks until official Spring, but we have crocus in bloom and lots of shoots everywhere, so I guess it’s really coming.   We actually worked in the yard yesterday, for the first time in I don’t know how long.  And the forcast here is for temps to [...]

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To our regular readers (and new ones too, I guess), Sorry, but we’re taking about two weeks off.  A much needed break.  But we will be back on March 8 refreshed and ready to go.   And spring is just around the corner, so we’ll be writing more about our own garden, as well as preparing [...]

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What are your favorite catalogs?   Any kind…. seed, plant, heirloom, vegetable…. you name it.  We’d like to hear from you.  The next posting will be about OUR favorite catalogs, but first tell us about yours.

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This isn’t us. We just used a large pair of tree sized pruning shears.
The weather got nice enough to actually do a little gardening today.  It was really nice to get out into the garden after so many weeks of cold, cold, cold. 
There wasn’t much we could do.  The ground is still pretty hard, after [...]

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Our garden has several defining elements that govern how the garden looks all year long.  At the back of the yard, along the property line, are several Leyland Cypress trees that are at least a dozen years old.  They serve as both background and barrier, effectively blocking out the view of the houses behind us, [...]

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Well…. we had quite a bit of snow this week.   As the song says, “the weather outside is frightful…”  We don’t know if the kids (and grandkids) will be able to come home this week or not.  We’re playing it by ear.  The weather channel calls for rain on Christmas day, but it’s going to [...]

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When we started this site, it was sort of a test.  I guess we weren’t really sure what it was going to be.  People have always expressed an interest in our garden, and we love to share gardening stories.  And we wanted to explore the joys and pains of gardening in the city, but we [...]

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Take a break and look at some garden photos.   Here are some links that connect you to garden websites that represent gardens around the world.  Take a look.  If you have a favorite, let us know and we’ll post it’s address.
Butchart Gardens, Gardens and Parks Around the World, Butterfly Gardens, Around the World in 80 [...]

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So how much space do you need for a meditation garden? And what elements work best?
Actually, you don’t need much space. Once, in Houston, we turned a “patio” that was really just a 6′ x 8′ space between our apartment and the parking lot (separated by a 10′ fence) into a fairly nice little meditative garden. And with two small children and two intense jobs, we needed it. Since we didn’t have time for upkeep, that space was basically raked gravel, a couple of comfortable chairs, some decoration on the fence, a large umbrella for shade, and …. wait for it….. a wind chime (no wind, though…. HA). So you don’t need a lot of space, money or work to have a little bit of calm somewhere

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If you’re thinking about building a meditation garden, then you’ve got a lot of thinking to do. Some of that thinking is even meditative, in the sense that you need to look into yourself and see what gives you peace. It’s not the same for everyone, you know. A lot of people must love wind chimes. I don’t. Oh, I don’t mind them if they’re at the other end of the yard and I can faintly hear them on a windy day. That’s nice. But for a calm, meditative place to have wind chimes, for me that’s a distraction. And a distraction in a meditation garden soon becomes an irritant.

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