It's Not Work, It's Gardening!

I've been pretty lazy this summer when it comes to the moles. Or maybe you'd just call it "tolerant". In previous years I...

I've had problems in my garden with several different large pests over the years. Rabbits were a problem early on as they nibbled my you...

My veggie garden area is pretty small -- the fenced area that is safe from herbivores is 13' x 13'. You may remember that I recently...

I thought I'd finish off the year with a look at some of my favorite photos from 2010. Since I took a lot of photos this past year -- ov...

One of the best late-season bloomers in my garden has always been Caryopteris, or "Blue Mist Spirea". I planted it five or six yea...

As a Midwest gardener I need to keep up with the weather. Do I need to water today? Do I need to stake up some plants because they're li...

Today I had to make a trip to a local material supply/nursery to pick up another load of compost, so I thought I'd make the rounds of th...

As you approach our house by car or on foot, this small bed is the first thing you really see. It's right next to the driveway, so it...

This plant was growing near my bald cypress and Pleioblastus viridistriatus bamboo patch: I have no idea what it is. Something in the nig...

The cracks in my driveway apparently contain about the most fertile soil I have in my yard. They're full of volunteer plants and weed...

The next thing I did Saturday afternoon was dismantle my temporary greenhouse. I knew this was going to be somewhat of a difficult job, but ...

This is the first weekend in a while that it isn't raining, so time to get gardening! After days and days of weeding (about the only thi...

I'll have to admit that shrubs are not something that I've spent a lot of time thinking about. I really don't think "hey, w...

We've finally had a few days in a row of decent, soaking rains (after three weeks or more of warm and dry) so that's great for the p...

It "rained" yesterday after a cold front came through. I think we got maybe 1/4" of rain, after two weeks of dry and above-no...

The last few mornings while checking on my Phyllostachys bissetii bamboo that's next to the driveway outside the garage and doing quite ...