A Bouquet for October 1st
This bouquet has a sprig of Volcano Pholox, some African Blue Basil, Chocolate Eupatorium, Verbena bonariensis, and a stem of Russian Sage. Purple power!
#abouqueteveryday ~ Collecting a small bunch of flowers from your landscape is a way to savor the season and appreciate what’s around you right this minute.
The Strawberry Story by Julie Bawden-Davis
If you live in the Northeast, and want to grow strawberries, you need this book! The Strawberry Story: How to grow great berries in the Northeast gives Northeast gardeners all the information they need to successfully grow berries. From the different types of plants...
Planting Vegetables Where There is No Soil
Many people want to grow vegetables but don't have an ideal place for a garden. Often the most sunny place is on a driveway, cement patio, or in another location where there is little to no soil. In such cases consider making a garden in boxes, galvanized troughs and...
Sweetbay Magnolia – I Love This Plant!
Name: Sweetbay Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana) Type of Plant: Small tree (10 to 20 feet tall, usually shorter in sandy or poor soil, taller in rich loam) for full sun or part shade. Hardy in zones 5 through 9 and native to Eastern North America. Why I love this: I...
Ornamental Bird Feeder That’s Squirrel Proof
Several times I've published photos of the bluebirds at my bird feeder and the explanation that they come to an open feeder to eat shelled sunflower seed. (All the birds like the shelled seed, and I like it because there is no shell litter dropping on the patio or...
The Husband’s Secret – a book to sink into
Sometimes we want a novel that will take us out of our own lives for awhile. We need a book that is compelling and undemanding, so that we can be completely immersed and transported away from our own cares, concerns or immediate situations. I picked up The Husband’s...
Spring Chopped Salad
I love chopped salads. When several ingredients with different flavors, textures are combined it makes a winning side dish or meal. Chop those ingredients so that you can have several elements on the fork and in your mouth at the same time and it’s perfection. A good...
Garden Care Mid-March
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. ...
Plant Sunflowers This Summer
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...
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