Spring Flowers for a Happy Easter
Easter display including narcissus and muscari. Easter is the time for togetherness, colored eggs, Easter egg trees and, of course,Continue Reading
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The Resurrection Plant: More Dead Than Alive
The resurrection plant can go from a ball of apparently dead leaves to a flat open rosette in just hours.Continue Reading
Beaver Proofing Your Garden
Keeping beavers away can be quite a challenge. Ill.: uihere.com, netclipart.com & www.kindpng.com, montage: laidbackgardener.blog Few animals cause damage toContinue Reading
Thought of the Day
Photo: www.bhg.com If you’ve never experienced the joy of accomplishing more than you can imagine, plant a garden. Robert Brault
Lettuce in Space
Astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren testing out red romaine lettuce on the Space Station. Photo: NASA Experiments on theContinue Reading
Spring in the Garden: Just Let Ma Nature Do Her Job
If your flowerbed looks a bit messy in the spring, just wait a few weeks. All the so-called refuse willContinue Reading
Determinate and Indeterminate Potatoes
Determinate potato (left), indeterminate potato (right). Ill.: www.supercoloring.com, montage: laidbackgardener.blog Most serious gardeners know the difference between determinate and indeterminateContinue Reading
How to Prune an Overgrown Rhododendron
Some rhododendrons reach an enormous size if not pruned. Photo: Oh Kaye, flickr.com Question: I have a very large rhododendron (2.5 mContinue Reading
Sowing Seeds in Eggshells: Not Such a Great Idea
Photo: survivallife.com You see this just about everywhere on the Internet: a photo of seedlings sprouting in eggshells. Usually theContinue Reading
The Plant That May Have Driven Vikings Berserk
Vikings in a state of uncontrollable rage terrified settlements throughout Western Europe from the late 8th to the early 11thContinue Reading