The Principal Undergardener

Witch hazel in flower, with company One of the joys of being retired is not having a fixed schedule; no one demands you show up at an offi...

  There is a parallel universe in which, for $25, you can get an entire day of gardening education, including lunch. Last Saturday, I had th...

Enough already. While the calendar admittedly says winter runs from December 22 (the winter solstice and shortest day of the year) to Marc...

Six years ago on Christmas Eve morning, my wife, Betty, got out of the shower and almost immediately passed out on the bathroom floor. It wa...

Today was autumn garden cleanup day at our Homegrown National Park in Medfield, Massachusetts.  The most amazing part is that it started at ...

There is nothing quite so jarring as walking out of your home at the first light of morning to find a 50-foot-long debris field of trees in ...

On Saturday morning, I discovered just how much I still have to learn about horticulture. And the gaps in my knowledge of glaciation. And, e...

  That's me, ready to get zapped Just over five years ago, I came across a Facebook post offering $50 to provide a blood draw, a saliva ...