As the days start heating up, the needs of your garden begin changing. Proper maintenance and care is needed during these hot months to ensure lush gardens and abundant crops. Mark and Sue Adams have provided valuable gardening tips below to help you keep your garden growing. Harvesting Herbs Cut from the tops and you’re […]

There’s something that doesn’t feel right about leaves naturally falling from trees only to be stuffed into plastic garbage bags and dumped by the millions into landfills. Biodegradable paper leaf bags offer a partial solution. But wouldn’t it be better to simply use those leaves instead of treating them as trash? Because leaves break down […]

April is here and the temperture, and ground, are starting to warm up. This is an exciting month for gardeners, as we edge ever closer to frost-free days. It’s time to prioritize our indoor sowing, get early cool-loving crops in the ground and begin some light tidying around the garden. Review the gardening checklist below […]

It’s May and all the trees are greening up. Cherry blossom petals scatter on the wind, just as crabapples and dogwoods begin to flower. With the trees and bushes filled with bird song, the grass growing lush and dotted with cheerful dandelions, it’s easy to see why this is a time worth celebrating. And, for […]

Ah, August in the garden! My cutting garden is exploding with color! Thirteen varieties of zinnias, celosia, marigolds, tithonia, salvia, statice, strawflower (trying a 2023 introduction) gladiolas and scaevola (fan flower). Twenty-five experimental containers (flowers are 2023 introductions) adorn the deck and pool area, and containers of eggplant provide the main ingredient for my special […]