Delicious and troublesome. Introduced to us from Europe, dandelions were brought here to provide food for imported honeybees. Most people find them pesky. They’ve got …
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Bird Baths
A bird bath helps keep your little garden friends’ feathers in tip top shape. Birds need a place to cool off and have a drink. …
Meinke Garden Center
If you haven’t been to Meinke’s Garden Center, make your way to it. Located at 5803 W Touhy Ave in Niles just west of I …
New West Town Community Garden
I saw this on my bike ride down California Ave (between Division and Chicago) just yesterday and thought to myself, “that’s great the the Norwegian …
French Breakfast Radishes
Having just received my latest Organic Gardening, I realized that I left the fabulous radish out of my cool season crops. Luckily, this long cool …
A Look at Spring Blooms
While I was gone for the weekend, it seems all the daffodils and tulips started to show their faces. Yay!
Prepare Plants for Tranplanting
With warmer weather coming, it’s time to introduce your seedlings to outside. Do this gradually. Start with a few hours in a shady spot and …
Phili’s Sidewalks
Philadelphia has character, small streets where residents put out their own little patches of green, and parks with wisteria and iris in bloom. Wisteria is …
Chapel Hill Roses
Chapel Hill is in zone 7, making it feel like I was already in the midst of summer. There was a rose garden with a …
Azaleas in DC
This past weekend I was out on the east coast. Here are some of the beautiful azaleas in bloom in DC! Azaleas are acid loving …