Getting Garden Planter Soil Right!
If you don’t get the soil right, it’s all wrong. When planting your succulents and sedum in a garden planter, getting the soil right is one of the most important details that you…
Flower Gardening
Try A Hypertufa Shade Trough
Yes, you can have shade plants in your hypertufa planter. You can make a beautiful hypertufa shade trough or planter to be placed in a shade garden and it will do beautifully. I…
Planting Seeds in Winter – Heard of Winter Sowing?
Planting seeds at the winter solstice. Outside in containers buried in the Ohio snows. Excuse me? Since it’s past winter solstice and time for me to start winter sowing again, I thought I…
Under The Mistletoe At Christmas
Meet under the mistletoe and get a kiss! The sweetest tradition or custom regarding what could happen under the mistletoe says that hanging it in a doorway or entrance would cause all who…
When It Turns Cold, Aphids Grow Wings!
When my neighbors trees were swamped with tiny yellow-green insects, I thought these were certainly aphids. Checking for information on why he had 10,000 per branch on the trees in his front yard, …
October in the Garden – Get Ready for Winter!
It’s getting cold and rainy now in the fall, and not a good time in the garden. It is sad to see the year coming to an end. I am wishing for those…
Will Planting A Tall Terrarium Work? Trying It!
Several months ago, I purchased a tall column made from clear glass and I thought “Wouldn’t that make a great Tall Terrarium?” It was from a Thrift Store and I think I paid…
Algae and Lichens and Fungi….Oh My!
Am I on a Yellow Brick Road somewhere? No, it is just that I am a fan of these types of plants or organisms. I have written previously about mosses, but I also…
Pruning Sweet Autumn Clematis – When & Why?
This year I am pruning sweet autumn clematis right after it finishes blooming. Decision made. When do you prune yours? For myself, I have almost always pruned in late winter or early spring…
10 Flower Meanings & What They Symbolize
Floriography – the Language of Flower Meanings Flowers have always had a symbolic meaning and we still connect some of those old ideas with flowers in the modern age. It goes back to…
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