As cows grazed their way down the 18th fairway and wild turkeys pecked away at the azaleas, an unknown Herman Keiser was out in the Atlantic Ocean looking for land. That’s, in a nutshell, how the 1946 Masters began. First, the turkeys and cows. Augusta…
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Blue-ribbon catmints: these long-blooming perennials are tough, companionable winners
Few groups of plants epitomize the qualities of delicate color in the summer garden better than the catmints, a group that embraces several genera, including Nepeta and Calamintha. Although I periodically abandon pastels to explore the hues on the wild side of the spectrum, more…
Garden theft is a growing problem
ONE MORNING LAST SUMMER, June Williams peered out the window of her house in the small Oxford shire village of Cray’s Pond and found that someone had stolen the hedge. The whole hedge 40 feet of well-trimmed, shoulder-high cypress was gone. “I couldn’t believe what…
12 Holes and a dozen reasons … golf is a game of wisdom!
I wonder if country music legend, Kathy Mattea was playing golf when she wrote that song? Ok so the name was actual “18 wheels and a dozen roses,” but the song is about a guy retiring after 30 years of being on the road, and…