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Janine Pineo

Spring bounty can put sensory deprivation in the past

You can't complain about this month of April.
Not when you've survived the winter we had, where a mere month ago all was an unending canvas of stark, cold white with nary a sign of greenery in sight.
Why not let lawn imperfections grow on you

I blame this column on 1) winter, 2) snow, 3) cabin fever and 4) the snow-sleet-rain that fell on the first day of spring.
Janine Pineo: Plants that go bloom make winter a little more bearable

There's something to be said for a plant that blooms all winter.
Spineless beauties, devils ears defy piles of snow

It's not hard to dream of greener days whilst shoveling unending mountains of snow.
Shopping for the gardener on your list

Hard to believe that a month from this weekend is Christmas.
Perhaps it was the 80-degree temperatures at the end of October that threw me off.