Diane Tait

When I was a child, I spent almost all my waking hours, when not at school, outside. I would lie under a huge bitternut tree in our yard...

Greenwood Creek in New York I have a beautiful Botanical Sanctuary, Eden Hyll, in northern New York State. Because of the pandemic, I...

Sage, Salvia officinalis, and friend After my first blog post about the word 'weed', a friend brought up the subject of mints in the...

Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) When I was growing up, my family lived in a little house surrounded by a big expanse of lawn and...

My cat Mira amongst the Hops vines ( Humulus lupulus) We have all heard the warning, "Be careful what you wish for!" Sometimes we can only...

Spotted Joe-Pye-Weed One of these beauties has planted itself in my gardens:) (Eupatorium maculatum) I want to talk about the word...