Latest by Lee Reich

Published on December 26, 2021 - Page 22
After almost 30 years of sharing my gardening experience, expertise, and enthusiasm in columns, I’ve decided to focus my energy in other directions...
Published on December 8, 2021 - Page 18
Windowsill herb plants would seem a perfect antidote to winter’s visual and culinary blandness, except that such plants rarely do as well as billed...
Published on November 29, 2021 - Page 8
There are some trees whose showiness does not end once they’ve lost their leaves in autumn. Some trees have an attractive bony framework that is then...
Published on November 13, 2021 - Page 18
At a recent dinner party, my host launched into a monologue about a plant he had discovered in his garden and was delighted with. It had, he said,...
Published on October 24, 2021 - Page 27
Nobody ever said gardening offers instant gratification. With this in mind, I dug and made over one of my flower beds last weekend. For the plants,...
Published on October 22, 2021 - Page 18
Two millennia ago, the Roman writer Columella described the vintoria falx. It’s a six-part, specialized pruning tool for grapes. What a stir that...
Published on October 6, 2021 - Page 12
Things are getting nutty around my garden. Literally. The squirrels have been doing a lot of nut planting, mostly black walnuts. And I’ve joined in...
Published on September 14, 2021 - Page 7
There’s no need to sit back and accept what Mother Nature offers. You can soften the impact of dry weather on your garden. The time to start...
Published on September 2, 2021 - Page 6
Odd weather this summer has taken its toll on many gardens. For many the problem is drought, but what if it just keeps raining? In some gardens,...
Published on August 14, 2021 - Page 7
I wince every time someone tells me about their “bramble patch.” For me, those two words call to mind thrashing through a mess of thorny canes to get...