Category Archives: Gardening

Summertime, and the gardening is easy

Posted on July 28, 2025 by John Kevin Hickey

There’s a fine line between gardening and insanity. Cliff Clavin Gardening as a mental disorder I have come to the inescapable conclusion that to be a good gardener one must first either be a bit loco or a masochist. After … Continue reading →

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Unsolicited advice for the novice gardener

Posted on May 11, 2025 by John Kevin Hickey

The eminent gardener Gertrude Jekyll said…it takes “half a lifetime” to decide what’s best worth doing in a garden, and another other half to try and do it. She was a quick study, of course. Most gardeners take a full … Continue reading →

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What’s in store for the Vintage garden in 2025?

Posted on March 17, 2025 by John Kevin Hickey

There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder. Alfred Austin Before I get into main point of today’s blog post, I thought I would … Continue reading →

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