I recently read that Organic Gardening Magazine was going to change its name to Organic Life.  That's more than fine by me since I think that we should all be encouraging the thought that gardens are absolutely tied to everything else we do. Gardeners very quickly...

If you've got flowers and herbs in your garden, you easily make someone's day better. Snip a few blooms and fragrant foliage, tie them together with a small piece of ribbon, and you've got the makings of a random act of kindness! Put one on the desk of a co-worker....

This is a slightly condensed version of the sermon I gave on July 27, 2014 at the Unitarian Church of Barnstable. Revolutionary is defined as  “Rebellious, rebel or insurgent”  “involving or causing a complete or dramatic change” “new, novel, or innovative.” Can...

Yesterday I gave a talk at the garden center about vegetable garden problem solvers. I had just handed out a list of my go-to products for organic veggie gardens when a woman raised her hand. “Is there anything you can plant that you don’t have to fuss with?” she...

The other day I had a conversation with a woman who was upset about an experience she’d had with a cashier in a store. After receiving good assistance in another area, she went up to a register and was told to go to the end of a long line. Since I wasn’t there I don’t...

Last week I went into the garden during cocktail hour and celebrated. It was the first week I was able to walk into the vegetable garden asking "What's for dinner?" and come away with more than enough for one meal. The arugula, broccoli, sugar snap peas and herbs were...

Baby boomers consider ourselves far too young to need hearing assistance. Hearing aids are for really old people, right? The reality is, however, that I am not alone in finding myself not hearing the birds singing, or being able to understand what's being said by...

There are all the usual tools that gardeners love, of course. A great pair of pruners, a couple of shovels, and a sturdy trowel are in most garden sheds or garage shelves. But there are other gadgets and gear that home landscapers will find extremely useful, dare I...

There are some functional items that are just so aesthetically pleasing that even when they are no longer useful we want to have them around. Wine bottles, tin olive oil cans, and wooden spools for example. Sometimes we collect these things just because they are...

Just when you think that technology can't go further, you discover a new piece of mind-blowing equipment. This morning I saw a tweet about the new pPhone the just-released smart phone created for plants. Think of it...my plants could call to let me know if they need...