Its name is Strobilanthes dyeriana “Persian Shield” and it is such a stunning color in your garden or containers. Be ready with that name because you will be asked time and time again. This beautiful plant that I have on my front porch in matching urns has grown so well this year. It is partly…
It’s Monday again and here in Ohio and it’s hot. Is it seriously this far gone toward fall? I want summer for a little while longer…no, I need it to be a lot longer. Around here, school starts in a few weeks , and my little grandson is so looking forward to it being online!…
Earlier this summer, we decided to go ahead and hang our Electric mosquito zapper or basically an electric bug zapper out on the back deck. I wasn’t sure just how I would feel about this Electronic Killer, but I didn’t want to have a lot of mosquitos out back when we are on the deck….
I have a hoya carnosa houseplant that I have had since the spring of 2019 and I have been anxiously awaiting a bloom. I wrote about it on a post a while back but really didn’t have too much hope. But she has astounded me with a BLOOM! But when should I expect a hoya…
Weeds are unwelcome! I always hate to go out into the garden and see that the weeds are plotting another takeover. I can work for hours pulling all the weeds and unwanted sprouts and then spread mulch, but it seems that no time passes and they are back. Even though weeds are very minimal in…
Thanks to one of my viewers/subscribers “Yeats” on YouTube, where all my videos are hosted on Kim’s Gardens, I found a great question to answer here on the blog. (Of course, I will make a video too because that’s what I like to do!) Most of the time, I like to buy the premixed soil…
If you have been following my blog and YouTube channel, you have seen the wonderful bargain I got on plant shelving from our local grocery store. For the last several months, they have been selling succulents (and some other plants) for an amazing price of $1 each or as the sign says “10 for $10.”…
As the fog rolls in this morning, I took a tour outside and looked over my hypertufa pots and other plantings in my garden and it looks like Spring is really here! Sometimes it seems that it’s a long time coming, and other times it seems as if we just finished the beautiful colors of…
I just couldn’t help but address the pandemic situation in the whole world today with all the frantic toilet paper hoarding, grocery-store-Black-Friday madness, and just the dreaded threat of being socially distant from the outside world. Yes, I have gone out and found some things to stock up on, of course. ( Got some toilet…
Spring is almost here! I know we’ve all been looking forward to it. But what will we need when we get out there and get started? Based on what I think I need, or already have, I have a few suggestions for those Must Have Garden Tools. Hopefully, you already have some of these. But…