Not in My Yard, Deer
February 28th, 2017
Deer might think you’ve set out all of those tender landscape plants so they have plenty to eat in winter, but gardeners know a deer visit is the fastest way to lose a landscape short of a tornado.
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Fruit-Growing That We Can’t Do
February 21st, 2017
Here in central Pennsylvania, we have our cherries, peaches, pears and apples. And glorious these tree fruits are as they tastily hand off to one another throughout summer. While hiding out from winter last month in Florida, I had a chance to see a whole different kind of tree fruit in action – citrus. Florida […]
Let George Design Your Garden
February 7th, 2017
If you’re pretty sure you’re going to foul up planning or re-doing your gardens this year, I’ll be happy to bail you out with a design. Up to now, I’ve offered sketches and scale drawings as an add-on option for the on-site Garden House-Calls service I’ve been doing for 17 years. This year, I’m adding […]
Scrooge: The Gardener Version
December 20th, 2016
I was dozing off with some seed catalogs one evening, when all of a sudden…
The Christmas Ficus
December 13th, 2016
Maybe it was the first sign of getting old… or turning Scroogey or becoming just plain lazy. December had arrived, and it was time to go out and get the traditional cut evergreen to decorate for Christmas. We’d always done that when our kids were little. But with the kids grown and gone and plans […]
Top 10 Myths about Gardening
December 6th, 2016
So you think you know yard care, eh? Below are 10 gardening beliefs that people think are true but that are really myths. See how many you thought were true… Myth 1.) A little fertilizer is good. More is even better. Wrong. You’re wasting money by putting down more fertilizer than a plant needs […]
Christmas Trees: Real or Fake?
November 29th, 2016
I know it’s tempting… those artificial or “permanent” Christmas trees are less work and look a lot nicer these days than the original ones, which were modeled (I’m serious) after toilet brushes. Many of these trees come with lights already strung. You just fold out the branches, hang a few ornaments, and you’re good to […]
What’s Killing the Japanese Maples?
November 21st, 2016
It’s pretty obvious what’s been killing our hemlocks (woolly adelgids), our ash trees (emerald ash borer), and our Douglas firs (needlecast disease). What’s not as obvious is why so many Japanese maples have been struggling the past 2 to 3 years. The trees I see are dying slow deaths. A few branches go leafless and […]
The Layered Garden Guys
November 8th, 2016
One definition of “layering” in the garden is placing plants so that the tallest ones are in the back, followed by mid-sized ones in the middle, and then the shortest ones in front. Another definition is how nature “layers” itself by growing a tall canopy of trees with shorter, under-story trees beneath those, then a […]
Houseplants in Waiting
October 25th, 2016
I was reading an article the other day that mentioned how houseplants are “out” – not very trendy and apparently not something many people want to mess around with these days. I can understand that, especially if your view of a houseplant is a boring bushy-green Chinese evergreen or one of those cheapo bargain-store peace […]