October 2011
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Kitchen GardeningGrow Grapes in Your Home Garden
If you're a grape fan, rest assured that you don't need a formal vineyard to have a few vines planted in your home garden or landscape.
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ArticleAnother Take on Pineapple Sage (Salvia elegans)
This plant is a definite sign of autumn in my Maryland zone 7 garden, since it is the last plant to bloom, which happens in about mid-September here. I have…
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Kitchen GardeningTips for Surviving a Texas-Sized Drought and Heat Wave
Record-breaking droughts and heat waves are becoming more the norm. Here are three ways my garden got through it.
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DesignHappy Halloween 2011!
A few weeks ago, on my final visit of the season to Longwood Gardens, I happened to catch this awesome pumpkin/gourd/squash display, and I thought it'd be the perfect Halloween…
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ArticleYour Farm in the City Book Review
Let's start with the obvious which is the physical presence of the book which is, in this case, worth discussing.
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ArticleAll Dead vs. Slightly Alive
As gardeners, we have all experienced plants coming back from mostly dead-- Then there are plants that are all dead that can be brought back, unnaturally.
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ArticleA mesmerizing hedge on Long Island
I spotted this hedge along a side street in Northport, New york, while visiting family a few weeks ago. I was struck first by its size, and then by how great it…
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ArticleThe middle ground between own-root container grown roses and field-grown budded roses
Last week we talked about why it seems own-root roses take longer to get established than budded ones. This week we talk about a method of growing that may be…
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ArticleREADER PHOTOS! Marilyn’s golden garden backdrop
Today's photos are from Marilyn Regnier in Minnetonka Beach, Minnesota. She says, "The woods around our house here in Minnesota are full of sugar maples. Fall is one of my…
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ArticleHoley Crocs!
Regular size people recognize me by my hat. But really teeny tiny people know me for my distinctive, perforated footwear. I'm a Crocs kinda guy. But rather than throw out…
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