Starting a Garden for Beginners – It’s Not Difficult
As a beginner gardener you’re probably feeling a little overwhelmed as to where to begin. In my last blog I discussed basic tips on loc...
Garden Checklist for Early Summer – Keep it Beautiful
If you were like me, you probably started to think about your flower garden in early spring or even late winter! After careful consider...
Topsoil – On the Verge of Extinction (Part 1)
I recently read an article in a Time Magazine regarding topsoil. I was taken aback! As a gardener, I think I always took soil for grant...
Avoiding These Common Mistakes: A Beginner Gardener’s Guide to Success
Spring is just around the corner and if you're like me, you're chomping at the bit to get down and dirty. Now is the time to contemplat...
Unique Garden Ideas – How To Decorate A Garden
Decorations are to gardens as ornaments are to a Christmas tree. They give it life, uniqueness, a theme and character. By embellishing ...
18 Ways – How to Save the Birds – An Easy Guide
18 Ways – How to Save the Birds – An Easy Guide
Bird. I think that was my oldest daughter’s first word. I know that sounds weird, but ...
What is a Landscape Berm? How to Make a Berm
You’ve seen them everywhere. Mounds of dirt jutting up from the ground level covered with multiple shrubs, trees and flowers. Why would...
Best Garden Tools For Beginners – Don’t Break the Bank
When beginning a new hobby or sport, many people purchase everything possible for that particular activity before knowing what they eve...
What is a Herbaceous Perennial – How to Care for Them
You’ve seen them everywhere; coneflowers, larkspur, peonies, columbine, hardy mums, oriental poppies and most wild flowers and some wee...
Easiest Way to Compost – Help Save the Planet
Everywhere you turn there are doom and gloom news flashes about the impending breakdown of our environment. As I see it, you have two c...
What Is A Rhizome? Is It a Root, Stem, Leaf
You have this lovely area in your backyard and you want to plant a garden. You’ve been exploring various flowers and shrubs that pique ...
Flower Classifications – Annuals, Perennials, Biennials?
When people think of flower classifications what comes to mind is usually what you were taught in middle-school Biology classes. Things...