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For a miniature landscape on your windowsill, try bonsai. It's not that difficult. In this blog post, I describe how to start and maintain a bonsai, with photos and description of some details of the genesis and evolution of my own little weeping fig growing in a miniature field of moss. Read about it here:

An olive tree for the holiday season (and beyond)? Why? And how, up here in New York’s Hudson Valley, at least, where winter temperatures typically plummet below zero degrees Fahrenheit. Read more at:

Spring's showy flowers are long gone, even fall's fiery leaves have mostly floated to the ground. What's left? Bark! In my latest blog post, I highlight in photos and words some trees and shrubs that now come into their own, presenting colors and textures worth a second look . . . and a third look and . . . , actually, a look all fall and winter.