Urban Gardening

With colder weather approaching, especially at nighttime, the garden's transition to winter has sped up in the last week or so. Earlier this week, I was out in the garden taking in the fall colors and looking at what plants still have something going on. Here’s a short list of some of the standouts...

Roots are always underfoot, whether it’s a forest or prairie, your yard, or a local park; these all-important plan structures fill the upper layers of soil and quietly do their work to support the plant world.  Since they are often “out of sight, out of mind,” there are many common...