ARE YOU A “REAL” GARDENER?
Think You’re a Real Gardener? Take The You Bet Your Garden Quiz and Find Out! Get a sheet of paper and make a mark for every answer that applies to you. Then add up the marks, multiply by 2 and check your score at the end to see just how much of a gardener you really are… 1. Your neighbors have…
Winter sowing
The Winter Solstices has occurred and it is officially winter. The Christmas season celebrations are almost over (thank goodness my waistline can’t take anymore) with only the ringing in of the new year left to be accomplished. The cold grey days of winter loom ahead of us warmed by the cheery thought of “only” 79…
Christmas Flowers
Traditional Christmas Plants
Cone Flower
Echinacea Purpurea and many Hybrids!
3 Things you should know about planting
ONE: Perennials versus Annuals – While every flower has its own characteristics and advantages, you should know the difference between annual flowers and perennial flowers. Annual flowers are those that complete their lifecycle in just one growing season. This essentially means that the planting, growth, flowering, seeding, and dying of the flower will all occur…
snake plant
‘SNAKE’ plant WHAT??? Do not worry I am not talking about a real snake, but a super cool house plant that can double as a porch plant in the summer. SANSEVIERIA trifasciata to be exact, now identified as DRACAENA trifasciata. Silly botanist never leaving well enough alone…Botanist aside, you probably know this plant as “snake…
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