Category: SERIES
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 […]
Sundrops Add Sunshine To My Garden: Wildflower Wednesday
Sundrops are easy to grow, so it’s easy to overlook them. I was trying to come up with a plant for Wildflower Wednesday. I couldn’t come up […]
Fly Honeysuckle is my earliest-blooming native shrub
This shrub is still a surprise to me each time it blooms. The Bloodroots is fading and the Trout Lilies is gearing up. The forest trees are displaying tiny yellow, green […]
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 […]
A Flower Border Grows: How a Garden Bed Develops
It all started with some leftover manure. Three years ago I had to dispose of the composted manure left over from a garden project […]
Unique Plants for Autumn Garden
Unique Plants for Autumn Garden Who doesn’t love a bargain? Plants can be purchased at a discount if you grow them from seeds or buy […]
Autumn Flowers for Cold Climates
Why do people think that autumn is a time when nothing blooms? One attendee said that my collchicum presentation inspired her to add color to her fall garden. My […]
Canada Anemone is My Frenemy
I was warned. When she gave me a few Canada anemones ( Anemone canadensis), my friend warned me that it would spread. I wanted to cover the shrubs […]
Let’s Talk Color
It’s difficult for me to describe the subtle differences in flower colors. So, one morning, as we sat on our front porch, my oldest daughter […]
Zig-Zag Goldenrod
This land has been my home for almost seven years, and yet I still find native plants. This month, I found zig-zag goldrod ( Solidago Flexicaulis). The stem […]