I have another confession to make. I love strawberries; and, I even tried growing them in the ground. They actually did quite well and I was sure looking out for that first ripening one. Well, unfortunately for me, all the squirrles were waiting too. Beat me to them every time! So nowadays I grow strawberries [...]
A Shade Garden Is A Novel Idea
02/16/2013 by Leave a Comment
Creating A Shade Garden For Those Hot Summer Days by Emily Lacey A shade garden is a novel idea that I had never heard of until I visited some of the more colonial sections of the South like Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina. The Victorian homes were very box-like and I suppose the lack [...]
The Romance of Moon Gardening
07/25/2012 by Leave a Comment
Moon gardening is a modern take on what is believed to be an ancient gardening method. There is really nothing new or different about it. You do exactly the same things that you are doing in your organic garden already – you just do them at particular times according to the phases of the moon. [...]
The Disappearing Perennial Flowers
06/25/2012 by Leave a Comment
Perhaps you’ve noticed that the lush clump of daylilies you so lovingly grew from puny bare roots just a few years ago, is not producing as many flowers as before. The chances are that the disappearing perennial flowers is a good sign that it’s time to divide. It takes only a few years for many [...]
