8 Landscaping Ideas Worth “Borrowing”
March 31st, 2015
There’s no sense reinventing the wheel if you’re thinking about ways to spruce up your landscape this year. Lots of uber-gardeners can give you inspiration with these eight ideas.
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Spring Is There… Maybe Here, Too, One of These Days
March 24th, 2015
I’m just back from a weeklong tour of glorious gardens of South Carolina, and I can assure you that spring really is on the way. As our Lowee’s Group Tour bus of 38 winter-weary northern gardeners motored south on I-95, the grass got greener with each passing mile. By the time we hit Charleston, S.C., […]
Don’t Be Too Eager
March 17th, 2015
The melting of the snow, the return of sane temperatures, and the arrival of St. Patrick’s Day – the unofficial central-Pa. pea-planting milestone – has stir-crazy gardeners chomping at the bit to get out in the dirt. Not so fast. I know you’re antsy, but before you dig, give the ground a chance to dry […]
America’s Tropical Rainforest
March 10th, 2015
Quiz question: Where is the only tropical rainforest in the U.S. Forest Service? (Hint: It’s not Hawaii.) If you guessed Puerto Rico, you get an A+ in both ecology and geography. (Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States.) And if you know the exact place is the El Yunque National Forest, you’re ready […]
10 Tips for Making the Most Out of Garden Shows
February 24th, 2015
Garden-show-touring can be tiring, taxing and sometimes a tad bewildering – especially in the case of cavernous, cattle-herd shows such as the 10-acre Philadelphia Flower Show. Five gardening and landscape-related shows happen late this month into next within day-trip range of Harrisburg (see the list below). If you’re going to any/all, I thought you might […]
10 Tips for Four-Season Gardens
February 17th, 2015
Improving a landscape for better four-season interest isn’t hard, but it does take some planning. Check out 10 tips to help your yard change with the seasons and look good in all.
Trees in Trouble?
January 27th, 2015
Winter is a good time to assess troubles that could be brewing with your trees. Here’s a list of what to look for as well as 10 things you can do to maximize your trees’ health.
Small and Smaller
January 20th, 2015
The annual MANTS trade show is where landscapers and garden centers go to see what’s new for the coming season. This year the word is “compact.”
George Books No. 2 and 3
January 13th, 2015
Looking for a very big to-do list to help you keep track of what to do when in the yard this year? I just finished the writing part of my second garden book for Cool Springs Press – called “Pennsylvania Month-by-Month Gardening” – and it’s 242 pages on all the various jobs you might need […]
Gardening Meets Hollywood
January 5th, 2015
The movies are the theme of the 2015 Philadelphia Flower Show, and it looks to be an impressive, intriguing topic. I’ll be taking five bus loads of gardeners to see it.