Cleanup or Sanitize?
November 5th, 2013
There’s a difference between fall cleanup and sanitizing the yard. Here’s a “honey-don’t list” to help figure out what to do — or not — after frost ends the growing season.
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Bottom 10 Shrubs
September 27th, 2013
Here’s my list of shrubs that I wouldn’t plant again… in other words, my “Bottom 10 Shrubs.”
Bottom 10 Perennials
September 24th, 2013
Here’s my list of perennials that I wouldn’t plant again… my Bottom 10 Perennials list.
Bottom 10 Annuals
September 17th, 2013
I talk a lot about my favorite plants and other great choices worth trying. But what about the stuff at the bottom of my list? Here’s a look at the plants that earn a spot on my list of Bottom 10 Annual Flowers.
Are You a Crazed Gardener?
September 10th, 2013
How do you know if you’re a crazed gardener? Lower Swatara Twp. uber-gardener Joe Mateer came up with this qualifying exam…
Pittsburgh Garden Involved in Big Stink
August 13th, 2013
Few events in the botanical world create as much stink (in more ways than one) than when a Titan arum opens. Also known as the corpse flower for its rotting-flesh-like scent, this plant created much ado when Pittsburgh’s Phipps Conservatory got one to bloom.
A “Meadow” of Annual Flowers
July 13th, 2013
Here’s a way to use annuals economically. I call it my “meadow annuals garden.”
What Gardeners Want and What They Get Are Two Different Things
July 12th, 2013
What we want in the landscape and what we get are two distinctly different things. I’ve learned six truisms that can help iron it all out somewhere in the middle.
Banner July for June Beetle
July 9th, 2013
June beetles don’t have the notoriety of Japanese beetles when it comes to grub damage in the lawn, but they’re trying…
When Trees Go Delinquent
June 10th, 2013
Bob Carey tells the story of the golfer who got hit by a falling tree branch, then sued the golf course for negligence. The golfer claimed a litany of damages, starting with a torn rotator cuff and ending with blaming the tree for his erectile dysfunction. The lawsuit wasn’t successful, but Carey […]