Have an extra pot with some annuals that have seen better days? Compost them and fill in the spaces with salad green seed. Just as …
Gardening Hints
A Little September Garden Care
We’ve got a taste now of the cooler weather, nights in the 50s and 60s, days in the 70s. Now it’s time to give your …
Prepare your Garden to Be Loved by Someone Else
We all go out of town during the summer months, and with the summer coming to a close, we’ll all try to get out one …
Help! I’m being eaten alive!
Mosquitoes are bad this time of year, and with all the rain, they’re fierce. What attracts them to me and you? Here are some interesting …
Orange Cosmos
This little flower has been a favorite since I started gardening. So easy to grow and so enjoyable. It gives off such an airy, light …
How to Prune Tomato Plants
I wish I had posted this earlier, but now will have to do. The best thing that tomato growers that haven’t been pruning can do …
Black Scabiosa
I started this flower from seed and wasn’t quite convinced that it would flower into the beautiful pincushions I’d seen in the catalog. But low …
Carrots
This year I added carrots to my new explorations. I’ve never had the space or sun before to grow them properly….and honestly, I sometimes forget …
Nice Surprise, Butterfly Weed
What a surprise to watch something you know you didn’t intentionally plant flower. This is my butterfly weed. I’ve admired butterfly weed at garden centers …
Rainy Day Gardening
Summer rainy days provide a much needed cloud cover and cooling off with the added benefit of not having to water. If there’s thunder and …