How to Select the Right Tomatoes for Your Garden
Choose the Right Tomatoes Tomatoes are the number one homegrown backyard garden crop. If not for quantity, then for enthusiasm…
How to Grow Potatoes
How to Plant Potatoes in Your Garden Yesterday was St. Patrick’s day, and I celebrated by planting potatoes. It’s not…
Tips for Starting a New Vegetable Garden
Starting a Vegetable Garden Years ago when we bought our house, one of the great attributes to me as a…
Plants to Prune in the Winter
Why Prune Plants in the Winter? Increase blooming, stimulate fruit production and enhance the form of your landscape trees, shrubs…
Wonderful Winter Blooms: The Lenten Rose (Helleborus)
It’s a Marathon Since moving south a dozen years ago, the thing that I am still amazed by, as a…
Make Your Own Magnolia Wreath
Steel Magnolias I live in the deep South. Yet, I have never attempted nor purchased a Magnolia wreath. I know,…
Getting My Dog Back Into Shape with Natural Balance Pet Foods
Shortly after the New Year, I adopted a 1-1/2 year old Blue Heeler. My family and I just adopted a…
Pronounce Organic Skincare Review
What…Makeup? I’m not a heavy makeup wearer. In fact, I usually only wear a moisturizing sunscreen and use a…
The Best Gardening and Preserving Products
Here’s a roundup of books, online sources, tools and products that we use to garden and preserve our harvest. Before…
Preserving the Harvest Part 1: Canning
Canning I am not a fan of canning. I usually prefer to freeze most of the veggies we harvest from…
8 Critical Summer Garden Maintenance Tasks
Summer presents it’s own set of garden maintenance challenges. To make matters interesting, it may be hot, dry, wet, cool, cloudy or…
6 Signs of Plant Heat Stress
I wrote a previous post about keeping yourself safe while gardening in hot weather, but what about your plants? A…
