Trees and Shrubs that Get Around
Most trees produce only a single trunk over their entire life. The average shrub, too, produces all its branches from aContinue Reading
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The Easiest Water Garden
You’ve been dreaming of a water garden, but can’t find a place in your budget for such a massive installation? Or youContinue Reading
The Forest: the Ultimate Landscape for the Laidback Gardener
The beauty of a natural forest for the laidback gardener is that it requires almost no intervention on your part. Finally,Continue Reading
Twining Plants Like ‘Em Thin
Most climbing plants cling to their support by twining, that is wrapping themselves around it. And most twining plants willContinue Reading
Have A Ball Stopping the Apple Maggot
The main apple insect pest in most home gardens is the apple maggot (Rhagoletis pomonella), a small fly whose larva burrowsContinue Reading
Leave Those “Suckers” on Your Tomato Plants
(This is a repeat of a blog from last year, but I feel I should repost it, as I’ve been gettingContinue Reading
Tomatoes on the side (2)
When you start your own tomato plants indoors, they tend to be a bit wimpy: tall and thin with fewContinue Reading
The Laidback Lettuce
Most gardeners know that head lettuce (Lactuca sativa capitata) is hard to grow well (true enough!), so they usually grow leaf lettuce (L.Continue Reading
When Tomatoes See Red
For reasons still somewhat unclear, certain colors can help stimulate the growth of tomatoes… and that includes the color red.Continue Reading
Green Stars in the Shade
One of my favorite perennials, the hacquetia (Hacquetia epipactis), is blooming right now in my shade garden… and what a flower!Continue Reading