April 21st, 2021
It is time to bid a less than fond farewell to 2020. This past year has been a challenge in many ways. Fortunately, we can now look forward to a brand new year and a brand new gardening season full of trends to discover and plants to inspire us.
Garden Trends
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March 9th, 2021
When people ask you how you take such good care of your herb garden... Tell them you have lots of thyme!
Herbs are in a special category of their own because they are timeless. The ancient Greeks considered parsley sacred. In Medieval times, knights wore small stems of thyme on their ...read more
September 24th, 2020
Most of us take an interest in pruning when we become first-time home owners. In my case I thought it was my duty to maintain the shrubs like the previous owner. After all, cones, boxes and meat-ball spheres were the landscaping shapes we saw down the street. On Saturdays you ...read more
July 16th, 2020
From April to October, we enjoy our flower gardens. We find their over all visual appearance pleasing. What if all the flowers were removed from the garden? Would our garden areas still be appealing or would they be lacking in form and design?
One of the easiest ways to bring a ...read more
June 18th, 2020
“Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if greenvegetables smelled as good as bacon.” Doug Larson
This year, many people are showing an interest in growing their own vegetables. For some, there is comfort in having some control over their food source. For others it has been a search for ...read more
April 21st, 2020
Welcome Spring!
It’s time to welcome the spring gardening season. We will explore some of the new garden trends for 2020 and get acquainted with some of the many new plants being offered for our gardens.
A quick but important step before we begin is to review notes that we made ...read more
March 19th, 2020
Between the worlds of large trees and smaller annuals and
perennials, we often overlook the beautiful and diverse family of shrubs. These
plants are capable of supplying seasonal garden interest from early spring all
the way through the winter months. Let’s take a look at some of the most
popular shrubs for your home ...read more
September 18th, 2019
Fall is often the forgotten gardening season. However, fall is one of the most beautiful of the seasons in nature and can be equally amazing in our home gardens. There exists a good selection of plants that do well in the fall and right up to the time when frost ...read more
August 14th, 2019
I need a bumper sticker with this phrase: “I brake for hibiscus.” I saw a plant last summer with flowers so big they looked like pink dinner plates hanging on a bush. Who could drive by without stopping to look?
If you’ve never seen flowers this big, you might think it’s ...read more
July 11th, 2019
Before the high tech world of smartphones, iPads, Kindles and Play Stations, there was another world to explore. This fascinating place in which I grew up was called nature.
Early in the morning, neighborhood kids would gather and prepare to explore the nearby fields, ponds and woods in search of interesting ...read more