Around my garden, the blood root, Sanguinaria canadensis 'Multiplex', finally bloomed its best earlier this week.Already these blooms are gone. I did some reading on them and found out that the seeds …
Other Colors Revealed
Botanists tell us that the fall leaf colors, those yellows, oranges, and reds, are in the leaves from the beginning but are masked by the green of chlorophyll for the duration of the growing …
Embrace Fall Clean-Up for A Happier Life
There are some gardeners who claim that they do little to no fall clean-up. They make it sound quite virtuous to let nature do its thing through fall and winter. They want us to believe that once the …
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Hurry Up! No, Wait, Slow Down…
Winters going to happen again, summer is over, so let's just move things along, shall we. Let there be a killing frost.Then it can warm up again for a few days, but not get too warm, while I clean up …
Maligned Mums
A family member recently sent me an email note with a couple of gardening questions.She attached some pictures of her porch and noted that "even though you don't like mums, I think they make my porch …
A Beauty and A Beast In My Garden
Here's the beauty... my beautyberry has berries!I first saw a Beautyberry on Pam's Digging blog and thought, "How pretty, but shoot, it probably isn't hardy in garden."And I was right. She grows …
