If you want to boost your confidence as a gardener, embrace annuals!Botanically, annuals complete their lifecycle in one growing season. They sprout from seed, grow like mad, flower as much as they …
Planting By The Signs of the Moon
As we look back 40 years ago to the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969, our thoughts turn to gardening, as they always do.I remember where I was when Neil Armstrong first stepped onto that …
Letters to Gardening Friends, July 19, 2009
Dear Dee and Mary Ann and gardening friends everywhere,Greetings from my summer garden where I am overrun with green beans, squash and cucumbers. Too much produce is a good problem to have, isn’t it?I …
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Sizing Up Squash
Please review carefully these 'Eight Ball' squash picked at various times this week.Now which one was picked at the right time?Take your time, there are four choices. We'll call the big one "far …
Hortense Hoelove Answers Your Plant Relationship Questions
Hortense Hoelove provides advice to the plant-lorn amongst us, those who are struggling with their plant and garden relationships.Dear Hortense,My Hydrangea ‘Endless Summer’ flowers are pink! But when …
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If I Was In Charge…
If I was in charge, I would have made sure these pink Phlox paniculata bloomed on July 15th and not today, so I could have included them in my bloom day post.Well, actually, if we are going to be …
