Easy to grow with lustrous green leaves and lilac-toned flowers, without a little containment, the hyacinth can become a gorgeous disaster.
Posts by Terry Burger
Nature Gone Wild; Bugs and Art
I admired her for a number of reasons, not the least of which is her role as a reminder not to become overly sentimental about “nature.”
Volkswagens in Love
As a kid, I always thought Japanese beetles were kind of pretty, like small jewels. That was then. This is now. Now, there they were, uncountable clusters of them. I swear, on quiet afternoons I can hear them chewing.
Seeing Spring
Along the drive through the woods to the house, under the winter brown riot of honeysuckle and tear-thumb vine, regiments of daffodil leaves muster for the first assault of the new season. Soon, the dark ground will crumble and heave out new growth of every sort, from early flowers to the first clacking, leggy hordes of bugs that make a gardener’s life so full and varied.
