Alex Lombardi

Very little is better than a good autumn day: cool breezes, arrays of dancing leaves, soft lights and Halloween in the distant horizon. It’s almost enough to make a nearly adult man cry! Of course, autumn is great, but it will never trump winter. I love nothing more than a warm cup of tea, rain racing down cold window panes, and an almost endless sprawl of December nights ahead of me. I suppose fall does have its benefits though; we can’t all be winter. Since all hallows eve is nearing, I...

Learn more about Himalayan Blackberries and invasive species in this month's Plant of the Month column!

I’m glad it’s May because I’m pretty (sat)tired of writing satire, (see what I did there). Anyway, my original idea for this month was to write about the Bird of Paradise because I’ve needed to re-pot mine since last spring, and she’s on the brink of death. I was going to take gnarly photos of her rhizomes, and it was going to be pretty informational. Sadly, I haven’t gotten to the re-pot (oops), but I was inspired to write about the Dieffenbachia because when I was doing college tours during...