It's Not Work, It's Gardening!

Today we'll look at the part of my garden that I see most: the front walkway. There are some good things going on here... ...but th...

In the previous post I showed you the "easy" bamboo planting. It was "easy" because it was something I could do myself....

Of the many projects that are on "my list" this spring, there's one that I've been putting off because it just seemed like...

I got started on several larger projects over the past four days or so, and none of them is finished enough to really give you a good look a...

Grasses are one of my favorite plants to grow, and one of my favorites of the last few years has been "Vertigo" fountain grass (Pe...

Remember my terra cotta bird planter? It's lived on my deck for the past five years or longer, holding cold-hardy succulents while ...

Since the front of the house just got a bit more exciting with its new door color , I've been looking at the rest of the front yard with...

Saturday morning I went to visit my gardener friend Mike. He had some clay pots that he wanted to give to a "good home", and had a...

I'm finally getting to some projects that don't involve cleaning or digging! I've had a couple of strawberry pots for several ye...

I've been visiting the local nurseries quite a bit this spring, and that means I've been bringing home lots of new plants too. What ...

Do you ever feel like you're trying to solve a giant sliding tile puzzle when working in the garden? You know those puzzles: there's...

Recently I started removing a climbing rose that was infected by Rose Rosette Disease. At the time I just pruned the poor thing to the grou...

I realized something late last week: my walkway planting beds need to be wider. They also need more permanence, or year-round interest, as t...

I'm determined not to go to crazy buying plants this year, as for the last couple of years I ended up with too many things to plant -- m...

It's mid-January, with single-digit temperatures (F) arriving again later this week, so what can I do in the garden on a warm and sunny ...

At least that's what the local garden centers all remind you, as most casual gardeners plant in spring and that's it for the year --...

A couple of weeks ago I got an email from my gardening friend Michael letting me know that he's going to be digging up some of his peoni...

This past Saturday morning I was really excited to get outside and do some work in the garden. I wasn't able to get out there as early a...

I'm a fairly patient gardener compared to most. I'll give a poorly-performing plant a decent chance before I relocate it, or even ba...

My newest planting beds -- those along my new-last-year walkway -- began their expansion this past weekend. Although I'm more than...