Articles by Susan J Tweit

Life changes often mean many adjustments, including to the garden. Perhaps you’ve maintained a large property and now are moving to something smaller. Maybe a job transfer has relocated you to a city and, instead of a yard, you have only a patio or balcony for a garden space. Or it…

Ornamentals, the plants that lend color, texture and blooms to our landscapes, often don’t get the respect in the plant world that edibles, crop plants, trees grown for forestry and turf grasses do. These flowering and foliage plants are usually considered decorative, meaning pretty extras rather than…

Do you hate to weed? Love to weed? Are you confused about what’s a weed and what’s not? Weeding may not be what most excites us about gardening, but it is an integral part of the practice of bringing beauty to our nearby spaces, and restoring nature and our connection to it.
Practice involves…