How to Keep Carrot Harvest

How to Keep Carrot Harvest

Garden produce all winter? You Can Grow That! It’s been a warm start to winter but next week the temperatures are predicted to go into the teens at night and stay below freezing all the next day. That prolonged period of cold is likely to kill the remains of our...
I Love Jacob Hellebores!

I Love Jacob Hellebores!

Name: Helleborus niger ‘HCG Jacob’ – aka Jacob Christmas rose, or Jacob hellebore Type of Plant:  An evergreen perennial for part-shade that flowers in the wintertime. These plants are hardy in zones 5-9, grow about 8 inches tall and 12 inches wide....
A Garden Geek’s New Year’s Resolutions

A Garden Geek’s New Year’s Resolutions

I will only purchase the seeds that I absolutely need. (Fortunately, seed catalogs arrive or are available online in early December, so I’ve already placed several orders before this resolution will take effect.) I won’t stop at the garden center “just to see what’s...
Ordering American Grown Flowers

Ordering American Grown Flowers

Did you know that the percentage of cut flowers sold in the USA aren’t grown in the United States? More to the point, however, is the following question: did you know that you have the ability to order flowers that are American Grown? In many parts of this...
I Love Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Golden Mop’

I Love Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Golden Mop’

Name:  Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Golden Mop’ aka Gold Mop cypress or gold mop false-cypress Type of Plant:  An evergreen with golden, thread-like foliage that grows well in full sun or part-shade. Easy to grow in zones 5 through 7. Why I Love This: Color and...
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