“Gardening requires lots of water – most in the form of perspiration” – Lou Erickson Gardeners need to be aware of the potential hazards caused by gardening during periods of…
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This rose care program, used for several years, has been successful in growing healthy roses which produce many blooms. It will help the homeowner control diseases and insects associated with…
Daffodils are a favorite flower of mine. Their cheerful yellow flowers are the signature plant of early spring. While they are not native to our country they have naturalized well….
Autumn in the rose garden is a time to enjoy the roses, to assess their performance, to do a few chores, and to plan for the next season. In autumn…
You can visualize a flower garden, an orchard, a cutting garden, a perennial bed, a vegetable garden, and an herb garden. Try visualizing a rain garden. A rain garden is…
We don’t use our front porch much. When we moved here from New York two years ago, I set an old wooden rocking chair out there to make it look…
Winter is a great time for hiking here in Georgia. Seeing Mother Nature’s garden in its dormant state is a treat. Many places to hike are not too far for…
I brought home many interesting things from this year’s Master Gardening classes. For example, two fat one-gallon plastic bags heavily loaded with what looks like crumbled brownies fresh from the…
First, what Is soil? Soil is minerals, humus, water, and air. In real estate, it’s location, location, location and in gardening, it’s drainage, drainage, drainage. Air space plays a big…