How to Plant a Tree – Everything You Need to Know
Time Your Tree Planting Just Right While you can technically plant a tree any time of the year, some seasons are better than others. When it comes to when and how …
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Camellia Sasanqua for Beautiful Fall Flowers and Homemade Tea!
The many varieties and cultivars of the Camellia sasanqua plants are treasured by fall gardeners. The sasanqua variety of camellias are hardy plants with lustrous evergreen foliage and a vast …
Fall Garden Maintenance Tips and Checklist
Garden Newsletter September is when we focus on fall garden maintenance and plant our fall/winter crops in zone 7a. So fall garden maintenance and tips is the theme here. Season …
Foodscaping Ideas to Put Your Yard to Work for You With Edible Landscaping
Edible Landscaping is a Natural Thing Gardening, foodscaping and edible landscaping is not only a recession-proof hobby and industry, it’s one that tends to thrive in harder times. If you’re in …
Hummingbird Moth Caterpillar – Hemaris Diffinis – Facts and Myths
There’s More Than One kind of Hornworm – Don’t Kill the Good Ones Don’t kill that hummingbird moth caterpillar – it is NOT the tomato enemy you might think it …
The Remarkable Balloon Flower Plants – a Bell Flower Worth Growing
The Platycodon Grandiflora’s Beauty is More Than Skin Deep The purple, blue, pink and white flowers of Balloon Flower plants, Platycodon grandiflora, are a lovely addition to the yard and …
Espalier Fruit Trees – More Fruit in Less Space
Small yard? Colder climate? Try espalier! Many people would love to grow fruit trees, but for the space it takes. For others a warmer climate and higher grow zones might …
Pollinator Flowers for Bees – The Blooms and the Bees
Learning about pollinator flowers for bees is an intriguing discovery into their codependent relationship and how we can help. Blooms and Bees – A Love Story Blooms and bees have …
How to Grow Chives – Planting, Growing, and Harvesting Chives
Chives for Beauty, Taste, and Health If you’re looking for information on how to grow chives, we’ve got the scoop on this unpretentious little herb. Chives are hardy perennials (they’ll …
Tapping Trees for Syrup and Water
If done carefully using the best practices, tapping trees can be done with little to no harm to the tree. Whenever we share information on tapping trees, there’s always at …