Carol from May Dreams Gardens and I decided to write dual posts. I thought it would be fun to get to know Carol better, so come in out of the heat, put down your grub hoe, grab a …
Four seasons of beauty: ‘Annabelle’
On this Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, I'm going to focus on one plant: my 'Annabelle' Hydrangea arborescens. Until I met 'Annabelle,' I didn't have much luck with hydrangeas. …
Five Good Reasons To Deadhead
We have reached that pinnacle of the gardening season when we need to deadhead many of our perennials and shrubs. The spring and summer flush is over, and we're faced with …
GTS and Sunday Stroll: That Reckamp Glow
A few years ago, I visited my friend, Judy Ann's, garden. It was early evening in late June, and the air was filled with the sound of tree frogs singing a chorus. At the back of …
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Welcome To The Seedy Grass Motel
While her "Red Dirtness" was gone on vacation, we set up a little hacienda in the unmulched areas of her garden. On the left, check out her Lewis & Clark meadow that she …
How About A Sunday Stroll?
Good morning. Grab your coffee or tea and and please join me for a stroll through my little corner of paradise. I've always pictured heaven as a garden, and I hope that the good …
What To Do If You’re Daylily Crazed
'Reflections in Time' (Salter 2002) Up front, I'll tell you . . . if you're already there, I can't help you. The first two years I was seriously "into" daylilies, I nearly …
All my rose-growing secrets
UPDATE: I no longer use Bayer products or any other type of herbicide or pesticide. I haven't since 2008. As Maya Angelou says, "When we learn better, we do better." My friend, …
My Gardening Niche?
Dave at The Home Garden asked us to share what we thought was our gardening niche. I'm good at a few things like: growing vegetables, roses, and daylilies, along with their …
Green Thumb Sunday: Signs of Life
These rose leaves don't know it's winter still. Although I am enjoying them today during our 61 degree weather, I know that they will probably get zapped again by a winter blast. …
Color: Garden Navigator
In the newest Garden Bloggers Design Workshop, Gardening Gone Wild gave us a color challenge. Specifically, what color combinations do we have in the garden and how do we use …
Green Thumb Sunday: Fences and Arbors
Yesterday, the gates and fences bordering both my garden and the six and a half acres surrounding it stuck my fancy. The line "'Good fences make good neighbors'" from the poem, …
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