Russell

In late summer, when you buy your tulip bulbs, you remember: Oh yes, I have to do something with those things, though what it is, … Read more

Early summer’s silent dahlia bed seems falsely peaceful. All that waiting, the digging and setting of tubers, and now you’re wondering if that lump of … Read more

Buying tulips has its own particular variety of heartbreak. When you take them home, all those fancy buds is tightly closed and lovely; a few … Read more

In late fall, you dig up your dahlias (clump after clump), then clean away the dirt and stash them for the winter. It’s not gardening … Read more

In your hand you grip these lumpy potato things, hoping against hope they’re alive. Even a sleeping tuber look just like a dead one until … Read more

When your gorgeous dahlia bouquet flops by Tuesday afternoon, do you panic? Chances are good that you cut them on the proper day, washed them, … Read more

You ordered tulips in early fall from bulb catalogs, hoping for color, but what arrives instead is usualy a flimsy cardboard box of something that … Read more