My husband and I looked down at our sad miniature rose. "I don't think it's going to make it," Peter said. When Peter gave me the little rose bush for Valentine's Day, it boasted a wealth of tiny red blossoms. Now we knew the rose was in trouble. It struggled to thrive on our Berkeley apartment's shaded deck. In an attempt to find more sun, we moved the plant container several times, Nothing helped, and it was discouraging to see more leaves turn yellow and drop off every day

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need . — Cicero Lush gardens and books are delights that never grow old. The...