I had a great talk with Linda Smith author of The Peach Thief, a book I loved. It’s set in the 1850’s and follows the adventures of Scilla Brown, a workhouse orphan in 1850s England posing as a boy to get a job in a wealthy earl's garden after being caught trying to steal a peach.

I’ll be at Hahn Nursery in Ross on Sunday July 5, 2026 for the annual Doug Day!
I’ll be helping you shop, find deals and talk gardening with you. I’m bringing rare heirloom lettuce seeds to giveaway along with some of the latest gardening books too.
There’s a huge sale on native plants including milkweed for the monarchs, false indigo, wild lupine, sweet bay magnolia and more.
There’s also a flash sale on nice looking and unique hot pepper plants in three inch pots, $1 a piece with a limit of five per customer.
One day only!
Hope to see you there!

We had fun on PTL discussing ways to keep tomatoes healthy through the growing season. It’s been a cool, wet spring which can be problematic for the plants.

Joe Hamm passed away recently, he was a wonderful man who loved gardening and daffodils.

I love Rhonda Flemming Hayes’ book Garden for Life: Strategies for Easier, Greener, More Joyful Gardening as We Age.
She was my guest on The Organic Gardener Radio Show Sunday May 24, 2026.

Allium leafminer has infested my garlic. Here’s what I’m doing to try and save the plants.