My previous blog, interviewing Bonnie regarding her raised bed gardens, has received so much positive feedback that I asked Bonnie if she’d be interested in writing a guest blog. She was more than happy to, and below you will find a little more information about just went through her mind when she was deciding which [...]
A short while ago I did a blog on raised bed gardening. One of my readers (who happens to also be a friend) read the blog and told me I just HAD to talk to her mother-in-law! After making our connections, I learned that Bonnie (said gardener) has an amazing raised bed garden. After seeing [...]
Lynda’s Backyard Garden Oasis
When I was still living in Ohio many years ago, I started working with a woman named Stevie. As friendships tend to go, I eventually was invited to her home for a get-together. At the time, Stevie was staying in her childhood home with her mother, Lynda. For one [...]
Gardening with raised beds has been on the increase in the last decade or so–and there are reasons for it! Following are just a few of them:
1. Raised beds give the gardener the ability to control the soil they’re growing in. It used to be that if you lived in an area where [...]
I happened upon this article, and just thought it was such a cool and innovative idea, I wanted to share it with my readers! Many times we’re faced with conditions that don’t really allow us to grow the way we’d like to–whether it be not enough sun, too many pests (including animals), lack of space, [...]
Hello and welcome to my Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day post! Posting about your blooms on the 15th of the month has become a tradition originally started by Carol at May Dreams Gardens. It is a way for all of us gardeners to share with each other (and anyone else who may be reading our blogs) [...]
Often times, I find myself needing to know more gardening information than what I have stored in my head. Whether it’s information on how to care for a particular plant, where to find a good gardening center nearby, or to identify a problem I may be having with my growing (pests, plant diseases, soil problems, [...]
How important is soil to your plant? Let’s look at an analogy we can all understand: All of us eat meals, right? We all need food to survive. However, exactly WHAT we eat directly effects how healthy we are. If our meal consists of empty calories and has no vitamins, minerals [...]
We’ve all seen the commercials, we’ve read the advertisements in gardening magazines, and we’ve heard whispers from friends and neighbors…but what is the truth behind The Topsy Turvy? Does it really work? Is is worth the money? What plants can you grow with it?
In this blog I will do my best to share with you, [...]