I never did like the cold, snow and ice (green easily beats white in my color book), but I’m “enjoying” it less as I rapidly age. That’s why my wife, Sue, and I have been trying to shorten winter the last few years by escaping to Florida for a few weeks, like so many other […]
Now that the 30 inches of snow is gone and washed into the water table, we’re getting a good look at how our landscape plants fared over winter. From what I’m seeing, it looks like things came out in good shape – at least better than the past two cold winters. Extreme as it was, […]
If you’re spending more time mowing the yard or just looking at it than actually using it, it’s time to rethink the way it’s designed.
Florida has some wild and weird plants that make our landscape fare seem boring.
The Pennsylvania Garden Expo has been canceled for 2016 and may be gone for good.
How would you rate your current gardening tools? Would you say they are effective enough for you to keep using them in the near future? Or are you thinking about paying a visit to a home convenience store soon? Gardening tools that give you excellent results are the primary goal of every gardener who wishes […]
Garden sheds are amazingly versatile. They can offer that precious storage space for tools and garden furniture in the outdoors. They make for the perfect shelter when working on a DIY project outside, such as planting pots. Not to mention they make for the perfect relaxation spot where you can unwind, listen to the quiet, […]
Who would’ve thought that the most-visited time for America’s most-visited garden would be December? But it’s true. The busiest time at Longwood Gardens is not around Mother’s Day or in summer but the weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. If you’ve ever seen the Christmas display Longwood puts on with its half a million lights […]
The conventional wisdom of tilling the garden at the end of season is wrong, at least when it comes to water pollution and managing the No. 1 plant nutrient, nitrogen.
My third gardening book from Cool Springs Press just published, and it’s very similar to “Month-by-Month Gardening in Pennsylvania,” except geared to gardeners in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, D.C. This one’s called “Mid-Atlantic Month-by-Month Gardening,” and it’s set up in month-by-month format to produce a 192-page to-do list for what to do […]