Gardeners do first, read later. Why not? Plants are very gracious in accepting an apology.

A colorful handle on a tool does nothing for me. Once it drops into that jungle out there, unless it's absolutely huge, it's gone until fall.

We think we learn by growing a plant but we can't know if it's just surviving or truly living? We really don't know anything about a plant until we kill it.

Gardeners often focus exclusively on plants, missing the absolutely essential visual role played by structures, from paths to pavilions.

Gardeners do first, read later. Why not? Plants are very gracious in accepting an apology.

The very best garden is a new one, on virgin ground. Plants leap out of that spot.

If someone says "You're not doing that right," hand him the shovel, sit and watch. That's the right way to garden.