Here we are in the last week of May and for the most part the glory of spring has faded away. If we want to keep a continuous display of color in our gardens then we need...
May Musings And Other Random Thoughts
Beware Of Downy Mildew
When All Hell Breaks Loose
Rediscover Rhododendrons
Understanding Organic Gardening
Back in my hippy-dippy days of the late 60’s and early 70’s I was a devotee of the organic gardening movement with subscriptions to Rodale’s Organic Gardening Magazinealong with Prevention and Mother Earth News. My favorite cook book was Diet for a Small Planet and Adelle Davis’s Let’s Eat Right to Keep Fit.
Happy Spring
If you ever want to find out what is going on in the garden just drop by the local nursery and listen to the other customers talking about their gardens. Chances are that whatever your fellow gardeners are experiencing is also happening in your garden. Here are some hot topics I have heard the last couple of weeks.
Speaking as a self-proclaimed “plantaholic” who likes just about all things with foliage, fronds, or needles, one plant I started to salivate over in the 1990’s was Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia sp.). For us in northern latitudes, these mythical plants were uncommon and were perceived as…