Extend an Early Welcome to Pollinators
How does the song go: “When It’s Springtime in Alaska, it’s forty below.” That can be true up north, butContinue Reading
Category: Planting
Let Your Shovel Be Your Guide
If you’re digging a planting hole, you have no need for a tape measure. You already have the tool youContinue Reading
No Need to Dig a Deep Planting Hole
By Larry Hodgson Only dig a planting hole as deep as the root ball is high. When I started gardeningContinue Reading
Starting a Witch-Hazel Off on the Right Foot
American witch-hazel is one of the few witch-hazels that blooms in the fall rather than the spring. Photo: kiefernursery.com Question: MyContinue Reading
Fall is the Perfect Time to Plant Shrubs
Shrubs are some of the most reliable and hardworking plants in the garden. They are long-lived, big enough to makeContinue Reading
Planting Small Trees Saves Big Bucks!
Ill.: www.rock-cafe.info & clipartpng.com, montage: laidbackgardener.blog The trend in nurseries these days is to sell trees of increasingly large caliberContinue Reading
Plant Tomatoes on Their Side
When you start your own tomato plants indoors, they tend to be a bit wimpy: tall and thin with fewContinue Reading
Pack Plants In to Keep Weeds Out
Leaving abundant space in a flower bed or vegetable garden is not very useful if you’re trying to be aContinue Reading
Saving Plants from the Excavator
Question: We’ll soon be having a French drain installed all around our house. However, that’s where I grow most of myContinue Reading
How Far Should You Plant a Tree from a House?
Trees should be planted well away from any house, not right up against it. Source: uglyhousephotos.com There are several reasonsContinue Reading