Plant labels can highlight the yearly perennials or the delicious edibles that you have tucked between your perennials or carefully lined up in your edible garden. Creating an edible landscape in your backyard is beneficial to you and branches out … Continued
Spring and summer are show time for gardeners, especially flower gardeners. Careful planning and loving labor invested in the fall and early parts of spring burst forth into glorious display as the weather warms. Some of the first stars to … Continued
Perennials are like older children who can finally tie their own shoes, put on their own clothes and fix themselves a bowl of cereal. They can take care of themselves—much better than those more fragile annuals. They show up in … Continued
Have you ever been so consumed in your plans to expand an existing garden or build a new one that you started digging before you thought about what could have been under the ground? Just as you start to dig … Continued
Are you a traditional gardener or a trendsetter? Here are a few trendy ideas for your 2015 garden: Easy-care Gardening Why do it the hard way if there are easier options out there? That seems to be the way many … Continued
A recent article in Mother Earth News dares you to think outside the rectangle. Yes it’s “think outside the box”, but when you are thinking of alternatives to the common garden patch you might be thinking outside the rectangle. People … Continued
Even though the calendar tells us that we’re still in winter, our intense summer gardening season is on its way. For some, the gardening may slow but never stop. For those in cooler climates there are ways in which you … Continued
When you plan a new garden or gather ideas for re-designing an existing garden, there are many things to consider. Location, color, height, depth, scented or un-scented, free-flowing or structured, edible or ornamental are all choices and possibilities. You can … Continued
We may think of mainly using plant markers outside in the garden tucked among the lush leaves and blossoms that line a curving pebble path or in an organized herb garden, but plant markers also work very well in potted … Continued
What is that beautiful smell? Wouldn’t you like visitors to your garden to exclaim such pleasure? By researching the best fragrant flowers for your region and arranging those flowers in strategic locations you can let your visitors follow their nose … Continued
