caring for peonies
The most important thing to know about peonies is the three year rule: first year sleep, second year creep, third...
The most important thing to know about peonies is the three year rule: first year sleep, second year creep, third...
If you want a real cottage garden, don’t tame it, it is supposed to be wild, messy and overgrown, sort...
It’s rainy and warm, a lot more like March than January. I worry a little bit that the bulbs are...
It’s been so warm this week, with temperatures in the sixties and thick summer downpours, that I almost forgot we’re...
At the most basic level there are three types of soil: sand, loam and clay. Most soils are a combination...
Although I am an enthusiastic advocate of natural gardening, I wasn’t much of a fan of composting until I procrastinated...
If you’ve been gardening for a while, no doubt you know what hardiness zone your pride and joy grows in....
The winter arrived, somewhat tentative but for good. Yesterday it snowed with the large and fluffy kind of flakes which...
My beautiful is preparing for winter and there’s not much I can do about it so I’m starting next year’s...
The leaves are colored by three types of pigments: chlorophyll, which keeps them green during the warm season, carotenoids, which...