When traveling, I enjoy local food, people watching and interesting, beautiful gardens. Sometimes the gardens I visit are common tourist destinations, but in other instances the existence of a garden is an unexpected and delightful surprise. La Scarzuola While in...

This very quick weekend project was inspired by the many colorful watering cans that are available at this time of year. Be it online at Amazon HIT 8566ETA Galvanized Heavy Gauge Steel Watering Can, 1-Gallon, Tangerine or at craft stores, you can find bright watering...

I am occasionally called to a property where the homeowner has planted things over the years without much of a plan. They aren't happy with their yard, but they have difficulty articulating why it's not pleasing to them. The problem, as I explain to them, is that...

Soil amendment such as compost or composted manure is especially important for a veggie garden. Newly spouted seedlings may get eaten by slugs, earwigs and flea beetles. This is easily preventable with an organic product: Diatomaceous Earth. You just dust a little...

One of the great pleasures of spring is starting plants from seed. Here is a photo-recipe for how I start most of my seeds, using the fantastic zinnia seeds from Renee's Garden.  In fact, Renee's has provided some packets of zinnias for me to give away in conjunction...

Here's what I'm doing in my garden right now. Some years I do these things earlier in March, and some years in early April depending on the weather. This year I'm working in fits and starts as the temperatures run from winter to spring and back to winter again.  ...

Now is the time to plan to grow a sunflower forest. These plants are easy to grow from seed and you can tuck them in any sunny spot on your property. Don't just think about growing sunflowers on the edge of a vegetable garden...plan on planting them in other places as...

It's the planting season, or soon will be depending on where you live. As you make your garden plans for the coming season consider these ten perennials. Perennial List: Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola' (yellow hakon grass or Japanese forest grass) Chrysogonum virginianum ...

Colorful flowers all summer? To take our minds off the still-too-cold weather, I'm posting about ten annuals that you absolutely must know about. Not that they are the only ten...more to come. I love shrubs and perennials, but for me the summer wouldn't be complete...