How are you keeping yourself busy this month? Have you been spending time thinking about your garden? Reading gardening magazines and books? If you’re like me you probably have a number of seed and plant related catalogues to read. I think mine started being delivered in the mail from late [...]
Just like the world of fashion, the gardening world has it’s stars and it’s hasbeens. I’m not sure which plants are old news for 2007 but I do know that Zinnias are still going to be quite popular.
New Profusion Zinnias are making heads turn. Profusion Fire and Profusion Apricot (which is now [...]
Here’s a a few handy gardening tips that you might find useful, particularly if you are new to gardening:
1. Do your homework. Visit public gardens, read magazines and books.
2. Amend the soil for success. Lighten clay loam soil with compost.
3. Design for surprise: place some curves in your design or interesting nooks that visitors [...]
FOR GARDENERS, winter is a time to rest and read, to gather information about seeds, plants and soil from books and other gardeners.
“Gardening Among Friends: Practical Essays by Master Gardeners,” edited by Barbara J. Euser, is perfect for anyone who loves or wants to love his or her garden. Just released, Elizabeth Murray, author of [...]
