All gardeners should be aware that herbicides residues can persist and end up in the compost that they make or buy. Avoid disastrous plant results by checking out where your compost ingredients come from.
Creative Fall Containers Start With Foliage Plants
Creative fall containers start with great foliage plant selections. Set the stage in the fall with plant choices that will last all season long and save on your gardening budget with foliage plants that last.
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Here’s the Dirt on Composting
Composting Options Every serious and not no serious gardener should make room for either an open compost pile or enclosed contained composter in their backyard, patio, or balcony. Composting is a sustainable and environmental method way of gardening that is becoming more of a lifestyle choice. I keep a green enclosed plastic container with a charcoal filter on top, underneath my sink. When …
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Monkshood- Deadly Blue Beauty
Monkshood, is an under-used true-blue perennial for the fall border contrasting with the oranges and reds of autumn.
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Scarecrow on Duty-The Fun of Creating a ‘Scarey’ Scarecrow
Scarecrows are fun to create from found materials in all shapes, sizes, and materials! Fabricated from a left over metal trash can and dryer vent pipe, and sheet metal findings from a house installation, my scarecrow was a fixture in my garden. When a recent blog posting of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society announcing a scarecrow contest hit my computer, I was …
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Amaranthus- A Super Food for the Backyard Gardener
Amaranthus is an edible and easy to use superfood for the backyard gardener. Learn how to grow and harvest this delicious edible seeds as well as the stems and leaves packed with vitamins.
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Autumn All-Stars, Part 2
The nights are chilly, the bees are still flying and gathering nectar, but definitely slowing down. After some travel this fall, I did a tour of my property to see what is still blooming and available for my bees in mid to late September. I don't want to have to feed the bees their sugar …
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Autumn All-Stars – Part 1
September is one of the hardest months to have beautiful fall bloomers as it is usually bone dry, and your spring and summer bloomers have peaked and shriveled up and are only a memory. This time of year I look for the big bloomers that were putting on lots of green growth all summer, things that you …
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A Tomato Grower’s Best Friend
As you look for that first tomato this summer, and you find a tomato hornworm with white rice shaped projections emerging from it that look like aliens, leave it alone! This is nature taking care of a pesky caterpillar that you don't want to be eating your tomato plants. The parasitic wasp that does this is …
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Labyrinth Plantings
Last year, I posted about installing a stone labyrinth for a client. We started in the fall, worked through the winter, and just finished up the spring plantings. Go to Healing Labyrinth-Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3, to see how I created and implemented the design and installation. The theme for the plantings was pollinator friendly shrubs and perennials …
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