Category: COTTAGE GARDENING
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How to Create and Maintain Trails in Your Woods
It’s time to put gardening on hold until the mud season. If you have woodlands on your property it is a great time to make paths […]
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Mud Season
How was your winter season? I had a mild winter, and the mud season began in February with snows and thaws. Mud Season has begun in earnest. I […]
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How to Have Fragrant Lily of the Valley in Winter
Stand back, amaryllis. Amaryllis, step back. The lily of the valley is ready to take over. Yes, lily-of-the-valley! After my hyacinths bulbs rotted last winter and my amaryllis were clearly not […]
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The Creepiest Plant Native I Know
A scene from a horror film: an orange thread-like stem appears out of the ground and circles counter-clockwise while searching for potential victims by scent*. It […]
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Visit the Secret Garden with Me
You’re right, I posted yesterday. You can watch the video below to see how short this post will be. I was inspired by Layanee’s idea of […]
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Evergreen Native Ferns
You might think that the snow and cold have killed all the plants, but a walk in the woods in January will show you that […]
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Are you worried about your plants in this weather?
I have bulbs poking out of the ground and it is only December! What should I do? Many cold climate gardeners are asking themselves the following […]
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Hydrangeas: You Have Choices
The siren song of the original Endless Summer®. (Photo courtesy Bailey Nurseries) Have you ever been seduced? I know that I am. I bought one when the […]
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The flowers will come to me, no matter what.
Last month, I wrote about the failures of my attempts to force paperwhites. The first batch of paperwhites, which were packed in a small container to fit […]
