Flowers for Little Girls
My three year old daughter loves to pick flowers. I love my three year old daughter. I also love my flowers. Do we have a dilemma? Little girls love beauty. As I watch my little one wander through my flower garden, my heart trembles. For one, my garden suffers! My daughter’s feet don’t always step…
Roses in January: Revised
It is not necessary to remove all the leaves from your dormant roses. Rest easy. I did. No more leaf-plucking.
Tulips in Georgia
“If you live in zone 8 of Georgia…PLANT YOUR TULIPS IN THE WINTER!” Here’s the story.
Manure Tea
Have you ever completed a workout and then encountered an enthusiastic body-builder encouraging you to buy a super-shake? They try to hard to convince you that your body needs that shake to fuel your workout and keep you beautiful. Well, I’m here as your gardener friend to tell you that your plants need a super-shake,…
Why Start Plants Indoors
Gardening in January: Start the plants where it’s warm Last years flowers have hardly died and now it is time to begin planning for more. I love living in Georgia! My kitchen drawers fill with seed packets, my fingers itch to get those seeds in the soil and growing. Now, you don’t have to begin…
From Coop to Compost
Composting is one of my new favorite outdoor activities. I get really excited about taking junk from around the yard and kitchen and turning it into rich fertilizer for my garden. While, there are certainly more professional videos out there, this one makes me smile and reach for the shovel. Just one note. Being really…
Bloom Where You’re Planted
Georgia Girl I grew up in Georgia, but I don’t think I quite got that Georgia is different until recently. What do I mean? Reading gardening books and novels, I formed an idea of what a flower garden ought to be and what a vegetable garden should produce and what types of shrubbery should surround…
Peas… Pllease!
I continually admit, I don’t know what I’m doing! I’m just a person who loves to play in the dirt and watch pants grit. I’m not a master gardener. There must be a staggering amount if basic gardening rules which I just don’t know. Take peas for instance. It’s mid-winter here in middle Georgia. Just…
Why Garden Anyway
Why garden at all? That’s a simple question to answer! Because it’s fun! “What is Spring? New growth in everything.” (Gerard Manley Hopkins) Gardening is a constant participation in Spring. A gardener is continually in the service of growing things, be the current season Spring, Winter, Summer or Fall. Ok, I admit. There are a…