This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links ... It’s so customary to fence backyards that pretty much only squirrels and beginner gardeners ...

Gilmer’s latest tome, “The Colorful Dry Garden: Over 100 Flowers and Vibrant ... to an “arid palette,” as well as hundreds of photos and detailed descriptions of flowering plants and ...

While the garden has a garnish of flowering species, the summer focus is on plants with lush, generous foliage that are also dry tolerant. Plants are chosen for their suitability, by looking ...

She is, at 67, not pretty ... the garden hose recently. He’s gone. “I may have disrupted him so often that he said, ‘Phooey, I’m not going to live here anymore,’ ” she says. Pictures ...