Wordpress Author Prepping for Feathered Friends As winter looms in the background, many of us gardeners who have cleaned our landscapes of wilted hostas, frozen daylilies, and dead annuals look forward to the influx of feathered friends that come t... Nov 8, 2018
Wordpress Author Benefits of Growing Black Walnuts Autumn is harvest time, and as harvest of field crops begins to dwindle, many turn their thoughts to Thanksgiving and Halloween. I often think about my grandparents at this time of year, remembering a... Oct 25, 2018
Wordpress Author Artful Additions Using statuary and art in your garden can make it pop in the off months and seem more worldly in the rest. Many gardeners add there own bit of whimsy as they go along, whether it be a colorful glass b... Oct 11, 2018
Wordpress Author Garden Bones Just the other day I remarked to a colleague about his garden and how we designed gardens with the “bones” in mind. Garden bones of course, are not the bones of any animal, but the strong plants that ... Sep 27, 2018
Wordpress Author Top 5 Plants for Pollinators - September September is here and right around the bend is autumn. September is a month after my own heart, with my birthday and my siblings’ birthdays. We always had a huge party for the three of us, usually on ... Sep 6, 2018
Wordpress Author Top Perennials for Bees & Butterflies - August August is here with the dog days of summer. The cicadas are singing their wings off in the trees each night, but the pollinators are in full force across the summertime perennials. I have seen the man... Aug 2, 2018
Wordpress Author Top Plants for Bees/Butterflies: June-July Part II Welcome back! The glorious Independence Day is over and summer is bearing down upon us. I am always so busy getting things done for the holidays, that I hardly have time to put posts together. The sec... Jul 5, 2018
Wordpress Author Top Plants for Bees/Butterflies: June-July Seems everywhere I go these days I hear about pollinator gardens, bee-friendly plants, and bee gardens. Everyone is finally getting into planting for bees and butterflies and not just to make their ho... Jun 28, 2018
Wordpress Author Mother's Day Mother’s Day is right around the corner, this corner to be exact. When I think back on all the things that my mom has done for me and is still doing for me, I think also of the ways in which she has i... May 10, 2018
Wordpress Author Blooms on the Rise Spring HAS finally come, and many trees and flowers are beginning to bloom. After waiting through snow and cold in April, we are going to have one great show of color, with many flowers blooming at th... Apr 26, 2018
Wordpress Author Our Garden Buddies While cleaning out some landscape beds this past week, we came across one of our favorite garden helpers, a skink. This little guy was quite surprised by our removal of his cover of leaves from the ga... Mar 29, 2018
Wordpress Author Spring Planting Time! Spring is right around the corner, the days are getting warmer and we are starting have some spring storms. Now is the time to be planting your early spring vegetables in the garden. While most people... Mar 22, 2018