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…
Flower Gardening
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…
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…
The Last Ditch Effort For Saving The Rotted Jade Plant
The is my last attempt at saving the Rotted Jade Plant. My daughter and I had discovered stem rot in it several weeks ago after we had done a pruning of the Jade…
8 Ways To Kill Fungus Gnats In My Houseplants
Along about this time of the year in Ohio, I start thinking about how to kill fungus gnats in these plants that I have summered outside. Which will be allowed to come back…
Osage Orange or Hedge Apples? Do They Ward Off Pests?
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…
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