Scents bring memories, and many memories bring nostalgic pleasure. We would be wise to plan for this when we plant a garden.

Today I am sure no one needs to be told that the more birds a yard can support, the fewer insects there will be to trouble the gardener the following year.

One of the pleasures of being a gardener comes from the enjoyment you get looking at other people's yards.

The sense of smell can be extraordinarily evocative, bringing back pictures as sharp as photographs of scenes that had left the conscious mind.

Fall is not the end of the gardening year; it is the start of next year's growing season. The mulch you lay down will protect your perennial plants during the winter and feed the soil as it decays, while the cleaned up flower bed will give you a huge head start on either planting seeds or setting out small plants.

Once we become interested in the progress of the plants in our care, their development becomes a part of the rhythm of our own lives and we are refreshed by it.

Scents bring memories, and many memories bring nostalgic pleasure. We would be wise to plan for this when we plant a garden.