The warm weather has brought back those tiniest of our feathered friends, the hummingbirds. Truly a delight to watch in the garden, they double as entertainment and insect control. Attracting these little birds to the garden is an extremely rewarding task, as they remember where their favorite spots are, and will return to them year […]
June is here, the gardening season can really take off now! Longer days, warmer weather coupled with cool nights and gentle rains make for perfect growing conditions. June is for edibles!! Vegetable gardens, blueberries, raspberries, and all sorts of other edible plants are just coming into their prime season. Tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, and all […]
The spring garden is home to a host of magnificent blossoms, but few more coveted or spectacular than Peonies. Beloved of painters and florists, as well as butterflies and bees, there are hundreds of different color and petal forms sure to satisfy the pickiest of gardeners. The most common garden peony, Paeonia lactiflora, is native […]
Spring is in full swing! It’s definitely time to get out in the garden if you haven’t already and really get going on some serious playing in the dirt. All but the tenderest of plants can be put in the ground now (still wait a few weeks on those tomatoes and cucumbers), as long as […]
The early early spring weather has everything confused, it seems. Magnolia and serviceberry have bloomed and are blooming already, nearly three weeks ahead of schedule. Perennials are popping out of the ground, rhododendrons are out in full blast, and people are out on the hunt for tomato seedlings! Enjoy the early blooms and look forward […]
If April showers bring May flowers, hopefully showers (or pouring rain) at the transition between March and April will do the same. I think we’re done with the super-cold weather for this year; the prospect of spring, with warmer, drier weather certainly jump-starts the gardening season. Get out there and prune or even rake some […]
One of the most frustrating aspects of being a gardener is never having enough space to do all of the things we want to do. This is especially true for those that live in apartments or condominiums, and either do not have the space for a garden or cannot use the area that is available […]
March has come in like a lamb, a welcome reprieve from the rain that pummeled us at the end of February. The ground is thawing, I have seen signs of perennials trying to poke their way through the soil, and I think we’re going to have an early spring! It will be so nice to […]
The year marches on; it is February already. It’s important to do as much preparatory work as possible this month, because March will be here before we know it, and we’ll wonder where all that time in the winter went to do our planning. For those of us that just can’t wait for spring to […]
A new year, a new garden outlook. Winter has settled in, the ground is blanketed in white, and warmer days seem but a distant memory. It’s the perfect time to settle down with a nice cup of tea, look out at the snow falling outside, and plan the next gardening season. January is a good […]