Gardening, for me, is a lifelong passion.

The journey is endless, as each season brings joy, disappointment, and lessons. Although my expertise is in heirloom tomatoes, I love to grow everything - vegetables, flowers, and herbs, in as many ways as possible, in gardens, raised beds, straw bales or containers. I’ve been where each of you are along the gardening experience spectrum. We all seek answers to our gardening issues, useful resources from which we can learn, and eager fellow growers with which to share our experiences.

There is a wealth of gardening information available - books, YouTube, all over the internet, just clicks away, ranging from reliable and useful to confusing, vague and even incorrect. No garden is perfect, and no season is the same.

My goal is quite simple - grow a garden each year, try and learn new things, and openly share the results.

By offering a variety of information - pictures, blog entries, how-to videos, seminars and workshops, social networking and direct email interactions, this website will grow and evolve and react to the needs of those who seek it.

My approach is always changing as I settle into retirement from the corporate world, and into our new home in western North Carolina, in the town of Hendersonville. COVID-19 brought on more changes, but things seem to be returning to normal. Gardening here in the mountains of western North Carolina is a delight; it is so hard to ponder leaving home for giving talks that I’ve switched to doing Zooms. Tools such as my blog, email and Instagram will keep us all connected. Enjoy the website, click the various buttons and links, and let’s garden together!

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