May 30, 2014 | Gardens
If you want to plant a flowering annual vine to decorate your patio, porch, or balcony, how can you grow it where there is no ground to plant in? Use a large pot or box! Just be sure that that container is as big as possible; I recommend a pot or box that’s at...
May 27, 2014 | Gardens
I have several perennial gardens and in all of them I leave room for annuals. Annuals typically bloom for a longer period of time than perennials and they provide important bridge colors and textures that can unify beds and fill in areas where earlier blooming...
May 25, 2014 | Gardens
Although it’s almost unheard of for me to get away in May, when I was invited to be part of the Garden2Blog event (#G2B14) I decided to leave Poison Ivy Acres and visit P. Allen Smith’s gardens on Moss Mountain. I admire Allen Smith. He’s a very...
May 22, 2014 | Gardens
I am, a total garden geek, which means, of course, that I’m an out-of-control plant person. I’ll buy a plant almost anywhere, in person, on the phone with catalog in hand, or online. So perhaps you’ll understand that when I heard a collector of...
May 19, 2014 | Gardens
Sometimes it’s fun to offer our plants a chair. Have a seat! In the garden, on the porch, hanging from the lamp post or in any other location, a planted chair is whimsical and fun to create. Use a chair that would otherwise get junked because it’s weak,...
May 18, 2014 | Gardens
As I see posts on Facebook about how “invasive” and horrible the dandelions are, I am prompted to print a poem I wrote a couple of years ago and posted on my former blog, Whole Life Gardening. A Verse for the Cursed Oh Dandelion, I watch you grow And...
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