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Ask a Question, Get an Answer
I’m not a master gardener, but I’d like to be one day, and of what I know, I think I know a great deal. Anyways, in checking the statistics for this blog I noticed many people visit here looking for answers to specific questions, questions that may not have been answered already in the blog. […]
Using Plants with Contrasting Foliage
I wrote a new article today on using plants with contrasting foliage. Check it out. This is the first article in what will be a series. Now that I’ve laid the general groundwork I will go back and tackle specific plants for each popular foliage color such as red, blue, and yellow.
Pruning a Pear Tree
Last week when I was doing my spring gardening tasks one of the things I did was prune my pear tree. I figured this would be a fine time to review how you are supposed to prune trees. First of all you are supposed to prune deciduous trees in very early Spring when their buds […]
Mixed Feelings
I have mixed feelings about the weather right now. We had a very warm end of March and it got everything off to a great start, 3 weeks earlier than last year, and now we have this really horrible cold snap with lows around 20, wind chills in the single digits and highs in the […]
My Big Pot Broke
I have a thing for large urn-like containers. Small containers are alright, but I vastly prefer large ones as they create more of a statement in the garden. The only times I really like small ones if when they’re clustered around a large one. Anyways, late last summer I bought 2 large clay pots from […]
Spring Gardening Tasks
We’ve had an interesting Spring for sure. Winter was mild until February when it got really cold, and the cold lasted up until early March and then it was like a switch was flipped and instead it got really warm. What does this all mean? Well, for me, everything is early. Last year I posted […]
Buying for Bloom Power
We just got dumped on with a big load of snow, so this is a perfect time to talk about flowers. Seriously though, it is mid-February and the gardening catalogues have started to arrive in full force. I know I am starting to think about what new plants I’ll buy this year, and I’m sure […]
Endless Summer Hydrangea
I really like big mop head hydrangeas. They’re hard to beat for pure vibrancy and size of blooms. One of the problems with these though is that they’re just barely hardy here where I live, and further north they are not hardy at all, at least not enough to bear blooms. See, the problem is […]
An Easy Raised Bed
One problem with growing raspberries is that they tend to spread. Previously my solution for keeping them inboundes was to dig a trench on either side of my patch and line it with aluminum roof flashing & concrete. This was an okay solution but wasn’t perfect. Then I had an epiphany. Small sections of culvert […]
Flowers Falling Over
I’ve had a problem with many of my sedum (or is it sedums?) this year in which they fall over. In the picture to the right you’ll notice the stems all lying flat on the ground. I’ve researched this issue and found it to be farely common with a variety of possible culprits. This is […]