No matter where you fall on the issue of fall garden cleanup, you have to appreciate a recent tweet by Benjamin Vogt. He's a poet, gardener and author of Sleep, Creep, Leap, which recounts his adventures in prairie gardening."Just prepped my garden for winter by glancing out the office window and sighing. Seriously, why do people do fall clean-up? Nature doesn't."I guess I fall somewhere close to this 140-characters or less, garden-maintenance manifesto. I don't do much. But I do a little.I…See More

An offering for the Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos. Sometimes known as All Saints or All Souls Day. Marigolds are associated with this day of remembrance. Thinking of all the gardeners in my family that are gone but not forgotten. I tend my gardens with them close in my heart.See More