For me, August is the month of lunching al fresco in the garden, a fresh meal sandwiched between getting a suntan in the morning and sipping cocktails on the terrace …
Crop rotation is the practice of rotating the types of vegetables you grow in a given section of your garden each year. The idea behind it is to reduce the …
Did you know you might be contributing to the spread of diseases in your garden? We all like to think we would never be so careless. After all, we spend …
Isn’t it funny how, as gardeners, our favorite thing to grow is often the most problematic? I probably don’t even need to say it to know we’re all thinking about …
Moving your orchids outside for the summer is the easiest way to encourage new flower spikes, leaf and root development. If you’re struggling to get your orchid to bloom again, …
Japanese spirea is a beautiful addition to any landscape, with its fluffy pink clouds of flowers. That is, until those fluffy pink clouds turn into crusty brown clusters, which are …
Last month, I bought a propane weed torch. Yes, it’s as awesome as it sounds. No, it’s not at all complicated to use. And yes, it does a great job …
Last year, I moved into a new home and inherited what used to be flower beds. They were all choked and overgrown with weeds. So, when I made the decision …
It’s summertime and the living is easy. For someone. Somewhere. Or at least that’s what the song says. In my neck of the woods, I’m sweating like crazy, up to …
In a classic tale of taking over someone else’s choices when you buy a place, when we moved into our current home and garden, I inherited a rose plant. I …
When was the last time you had a tomato that was absolute perfection? I’m talking about the kind where you put great slabs of it on a BLT, and as …
Where I live, columbine grows wild all over the mountains. I see it when I’m out hiking, and I feel as though I’ve stumbled into a fairytale. I fully expect …
Alliums are stunning in the late spring and early summer garden. Their tall, architectural blooms hover over the rest of the flowers like purple fireworks. They’re the kind of blooms …
You’ve been planning for this day since late winter, poking cream-colored seeds into the dirt. You encouraged them under their grow lights when they were skinny little seedlings. Then, when …
Last fall, after another dismal harvest, I made the decision to switch to raised beds. I was fed up with fighting against the abysmally poor soil in our area year …
Ask anyone who’s been gardening for more than a season, and they’ll probably tell you they’ve heard the same advice over and over again – “Always water your garden in …
July is great! I’m always ready to eat my body weight in sweetcorn and watermelon. The fireflies are floating up from the grass at night. And my flower beds are…well, …
I don’t know what it is about tomatoes, but they bring out the competitive gardener in me. When it comes to my tomato plants, I want earlier tomatoes, more tomatoes, …
As gardeners, there’s often this weird belief that if we don’t get our gardens planted within weeks of that all-important final frost date, the whole season is lost. But that’s …
Every spring, I’m amazed by my peonies. It still blows my mind that such a massive, frilly blossom comes from a bud roughly the size of a large marble. Aren’t …
Tomatoes are the drama queens of the vegetable garden. One minute, they’re growing along nicely, filling out with flower clusters and beautiful fruit; the next, they’re throwing a full-blown tantrum. …
If you’re growing tomatoes (whether it’s your first year or your fiftieth), you’ve probably noticed that as the season progresses, the leaves towards the bottom of the plant turn yellow. …
When was the last time you took a good look at your landscaping? If it’s been a few years, you might be wondering how well your landscaping has aged. Here …
Who doesn’t love hydrangeas? With their giant mopheads of icy blue, soft mauve or creamy white flowers, it’s no wonder they’re one of the most popular flowering shrubs out there. …
Growing lavender means happy buzzing bees and patches of fragrant blossoms in dusky purple. Not to mention glasses of lavender lemonade. But if your lavender is looking lush and leafy …