No Such Thing as Black Strawberries!
A reader recently sent me an ad she saw on the Internet offering black strawberries. She wanted to know ifContinue Reading
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Keeping Snakes Out of the Garden
Let me start by confessing that I’m not afraid of snakes. As a kid, I used to catch them. Today,Continue Reading
Save Those Broken Stems!
Unless you’re a much more delicate with your planting habits than I am, it’s almost inevitable that you’ll end up accidentallyContinue Reading
A Tire Garden for the Far North
In northern regions (and I mean way up north, above the 50th parallel, like in Alaska, the Yukon, Labrador, NorthernContinue Reading
Beneficial Insects in the Garden
Hello regular readers! I’m trying something new today. Sam from organiclesson.com offered to submit a guest blog and I’ve takenContinue Reading
Companion Planting: Myth or Reality?
I no longer believe in companion planting as such. From the mid-1970s through to nearly the end of the 1980s,Continue Reading
Turning Corn into an Ornamental
We rarely think of maize or corn (Zea mays) as an ornamental grass, but in fact decorative varieties have longContinue Reading
Spring is Not the Season for Planting Garlic
Although garden centers often offer garlic cloves (Allium sativum) for planting in the spring, it’s not the right season forContinue Reading
A Veggie Garden in a Bag of Soil
You want to grow vegetables without the hassle of digging in the ground? That’s easy enough to do. You canContinue Reading
An Annual Palm?
You’ll be seeing it everywhere again this summer: people’s backyards, sidewalk cafés, and, especially, box stores. It’s a potted palmContinue Reading