Good seasons
Lynette L. Walther is the recipient of the National Garden Bureau’s Exemplary Journalism Award and the Florida Magazine Association’s Silver Award of Writing Excellence. She is a member of the Garden Writers Association. She gardens in Camden.
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Garden books: Some select choices for giving or receiving
By Lynette L. Walther - Dec 14Wrong size, wrong color, wrong style, wrong shape…or any other wrong you can imagine…it’s what’s wrong with shopping for holiday gifts. If the ...
Hey, Sherlock, come take a look at my houseplants
By Lynette L. Walther - Nov 19Opportunistic, sneaky little parasites — no, I am not referring to your in-laws but rather those insect pests and diseases that hitchhike indoors ...
Growing raspberries is easier than you might think
By Lynette L. Walther - Sep 06One of the most decadent of desserts has to be homemade raspberry pie. Considering that it takes five or more cups of the luscious berries to make ...
Roses, the crowning touch for every garden
By Lynette L. Walther - Aug 09Love ‘em or hate ‘em, roses are the queens of the garden. My romance with roses began early via my Hoosier grandmother who prized her hybrid teas. ...
The power of parsley: A heavy-hitter on the plate and in the garden
By Lynette L. Walther - Jun 28Betcha have a clump of it growing by the kitchen door, or maybe a pot bristling with a topknot of its deep green frills on a sunny windowsill, ...
Discovering the ‘roots’ of the Queen of Vines
By Lynette L. Walther - May 31You know clematis, those eye-popping, ~ perennial flowering vines that produce blooms the size of dinner plates, right? I know clematis, and I ...
When the bulbs don’t bloom, there’s probably a good reason
By Lynette L. Walther - May 04Dig the holes, tuck in the flowering bulbs and keep your fingers crossed. It’s a fall ritual for many gardeners. But when that “act of faith” ...
A world of flavor, and more, at your fingertips with basil
By Lynette Walther - Mar 10Fragrant and flavorful, basil comes in a dizzying variety of tastes and colors, all of them good. This sun and heat-loving annual herb is the ...
Psssst…hey you! Those flowers are speaking to you
By Lynette Walther - Feb 18Roses are red and violets are blue… and with Valentine’s Day right around the corner, it’s a sure bet that a whole lot of roses, and perhaps some ...
Don’t let limitations define your gardening
By Lynette Walther - Jan 14For most people, a New Year’s resolution to take up gardening or do more of it is a simple matter of finding the time and the place. However for ...
Christmas trees from bygone days to future ones
By Lynette L. Walther - Nov 30It’s in the air, as well as the shops. The holiday season is already everywhere, and that means Christmas trees will soon be up and ready for ...
Storing saved seeds
By Jean English - Sep 27Many garden seeds can be collected now and stored for planting in spring. Echinacea seeds are drying on their seed heads –– at least those that ...
A hydrangea is a hydrangea, is a hydrangea, is a hydrangea…
By Lynette L. Walther - Aug 23Hydrangeas, those great flowering shrubs, were thrust into the headlines a while back when singing celebrity Madonna publicly dissed a fan’s gift ...
Tell me something good! Tell me something you like about weeds
By Lynette L. Walther - Jul 12Are you someone who considers weeds to be synonymous with Public Enemy No. 1, so if a dandelion dares to show its sassy face in your lawn you take ...
A ‘cuke’ little package of surprises
By Lynette L. Walther - Jun 14My Hoosier grandmother will forever be my gardening inspiration, and back in the day I can remember her pride in growing a newfangled variety of ...
Watch your words: Garden terms defined
By Lynette L. Walther - May 18We always try to keep it simple here in “Good Seasons,” but now and then we get carried away and start throwing around garden terms willy-nilly ...
Trying something different again — cardoon
By Lynette L. Walther - Apr 20We’ll be making room in the garden again this summer for cardoons. For years we were tempted, but resisted cardoons. And two summers ago we ...
Five degrees of separation
By Lynette Walther - Feb 26It’s looking as if things really are warmer than we thought, never mind those hot flashes now and then (Mother Nature’s, not mine). But then you ...
Colorful vibes: Get your orange on
By Lynette Walther - Jan 28For many years it was the Rodney Dangerfield of colors — just didn’t get no respect. But it looks as if the tide has turned for this color, and ...
Turning over a new leaf
By Lynette Walther - Jan 01'The farther we get away from the land, the greater our insecurity.' -- Henry Ford Pick any time of the year, and it’s a good bet that ...
