Snow, sleet, and rain outdoors are the best encouragements to stay inside and think about more plans and plants for my gardens from March through October.
Did you know pumpkins were once thought to get rid of freckles and cure snake bites? I will just stick with the power of squash to thicken soups, to add taste to breads, and to flavor excellent pies.
While I fondly remember the summers at our cottage, eating from the vegetable garden, living on corn and tomatoes and anything on the grill, it is the late season harvests of fall that come to mind when I think of my parents.
A lazy gardener can be tempted to ignore leaves on the lawn until each and every one has fallen from the trees, but that strategy makes more work later.
I am reaching that time of year when I try to assess what worked or didn’t work and why. The two to three weeks of temperatures over 90 degrees played a major role.
The Dewey Hall Dalia Festival demonstrated the power of flowers to cast a spell on people captivated by the sheer beauty and range of the varieties of flowers within the genus of Dahlia.
Soil is filled with dormant seeds that will sprout and grow when their conditions for germination are met. This is both a blessing and a curse, and occasionally somewhere in between.
I have always been fascinated by flowering bulbs. There is something magical in these swollen roots that can be transported and set into the ground to put forth foliage and flowers in the months ahead.
Just as we keep certain herbs from flowering, gardeners should focus weeding on those about to bloom and set seed. Letting one weed spread seed will set back months of weeding.
