The Phytophactor

TPP had the opportunity to have a walk around the gardens.  Signs of spring are everywhere.  The witch-hazel are flowering, as are the snowd...

Officially our spring is late.  The earliest spring flowering events will be later than any of the last 9 years, and TPP knows this becaus...

This isn't the first time TPP has blogged about this neighborhood side lawn , but it's just so damned cheerful to see this early ...

Why plant spring-flowering bulbs?  An old curmudgeon TPP grew up with used to ask, "Can you eat them?" As if that were the only ...

Although our estate is home to a great variety of perennials, our former residence still had a few things still lacking. Mrs. Phactor is try...