For the home cook there is nothing lovelier than sprinkling chopped fresh oregano and basil onto a pizza or putting a fresh bay leaf in a winter stew and sprinkling chopped parsley over the top when serving it. Many home cooks over-winter herbs in pots on a sunny window sill, but as low light levels […]
Bob Lily gardens on water. This Seattle horticulturalist, plantsman, and designer extraordinaire has lived on a houseboat in Lake Union, since the 1970s. His shake-shingled dwelling disappears under a cascade of greenery—with everything grown in containers. And his diverse plant collections also adorn six other nearby houseboats. This month, I asked him for ideas and […]
Days are still hot. Roses and tomatoes are still around. But I can’t avoid knowing that fall is on the way, because its lovely, wistful heralds are flowering—Japanese anemones and turtlehead, with toad lilies on the way. Gardeners tell time by what’s in bloom, and these plants remind me that it’s time to start thinking […]
Small citrus trees grow very well in northern greenhouses. In my Rhode Island greenhouse, I grow lemons, limes, and oranges that I harvest during winter. The Key limes are especially favored for making Key lime pie. I even have a kaffir lime tree, the leaves of which I use with lemon grass when cooking a […]
