Garden Notes

PERENNIAL: Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm' This black-eyed Susan cultivar has ample pest and disease resistance, and an extra-long blooming time. Hence it is easy to see why this cultivar won the Perennial Plant Association's Plant of the Year Award in 1999.

Well, it's that time of year when we say goodbye to the salads of summer. As the days shorten and cool, we crave the comforts of fall. Fall casseroles take a leading role in providing a family meal that is both warm and fulfilling. Casseroles can highlight seasonal fall favorites and produce.

As we all wait for this summer's offering of fresh fruits and veggies, (I am craving homegrown tomatoes), I happened to find some interesting recipe ideas that would complete a gift basket of your fresh garden bounty.

Drupe, n. In Botany a drupe is a simple fleshy fruit with a single pit or stone that contains the seed. A simple fruit is formed from a pollinated ovary of a single flower. The fertilized ovary grows producing a fleshy fruit with the hardened shell in the center.

In The Humane Gardener: Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife (2017, Princeton Architectural Press, 223 pages), author Nancy Lawson asks, What if we could learn to see the world from the perspective of other species, both plant and animal, and understand that they, too, deserve the chance to mak...