White Mold Growing On My Potting Soil?
So do I use it or lose it? A few weeks ago, I opened the door on my garden shed and found something looking like snow drifts on the surface of my potting…
Garden Issues
Are You Battling Gnats? Maybe There IS A Solution
When we love houseplants, we just plain love houseplants, no matter what troubles and heartaches they might involve. Depending on how many houseplants you may have, your problems could be small in comparison…
Saying Goodbye To My Garden
Changes are coming in my life and the life of my family. If you don’t already know, my husband and I live with my daughter and her husband and my grandson. It has…
So Do Cicadas Bite? Depends On What You Call Bite!
Our Cicada invasion for 2021 is coming to an end here in Ohio as I write this, and I do want to address the question “Do Cicadas bite?” Bite perhaps wouldn’t be the…
Simple & Easy Houseplant – Swedish Ivy Care
Somehow I am starting to accumulate more and more indoor houseplants. I guess it sort of sneaks up on you when you’ve planted some to take inside (like I have), and then you…
Spring’s Here & I Need To Face My Physical Limitations of Gardening
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…
Lesser Celandine – Crowding Out Our Spring Wildflowers
During March or April here in Ohio, we have a tiny yellow flower that blooms profusely in a neighboring open woody area and extending into our own backyard. It is a tiny daisy-like…
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…
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…
Persian Shield – That Pretty Purple Plant
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….
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