Planter’s Pointers: Ornamental Container Design
July 18, 2012“Dirt on Gardening” blogger Jessica Walliser walks you through how to arrange ornamental plants in a container for a eye-pleasing design.
Seeding Experiments
July 12, 2012I am experimenting this year with allowing my spring-planted lettuce and radish to develop and drop their own seeds.
Off with Your Deadhead
June 21, 2012As usual, there’s so much work to be done in the garden that I can barely keep up! One of the tasks I’ve been delaying (simply because it’s one of my least favorites) is deadheading.
Pictures: 6 Garden Insect Eggs
June 14, 2012I have spent a good amount of time this spring searching my yard for insects. I have a new book in the works with Timber Press about beneficial insects and am shooting many of the pictures myself.
Garden Bunny Blues
June 7, 2012I’m having a mental war with a rabbit. So far the little devil has eaten two different plantings of broccoli and cabbage to the nub, feasted on innumerous strawberries, sacked my lettuce crop, and chomped the carrot greens to the ground.
Container Garden Obscurity
May 31, 2012In addition to getting the veggie garden planted, I’ve also filled my patio containers with a mixture of herbs, tropicals, succulents and annuals.
Garden to Table: Cooked Arugula
May 24, 2012I am not a fan of arugula. It’s too bitter for my liking, and I don’t find its spiciness as pleasant as everyone else does.
Tomato Fertilizer Experiments
May 17, 2012As always, mid-May is tomato-planting time in my garden. Every year, I grow my favorites plus a few “experimental” varieties, and this year is proving to be no different.
Mission: Contain Cabbageworms
May 3, 2012One thing I know I am NOT going to do this year is let the cabbageworms get the best of me. Imported cabbageworms are common all across the U.S. They were introduced from Europe in the 1800s, and the caterpillars love to chew ragged holes in the leaves and flower buds of all members of the brassica family.
Get a Clean Garden Bed Edge
April 26, 2012I love how a good, sharp edge looks on a flower bed. Over the years, I have experimented with many different techniques and tools for getting a clean garden edge but have found one to be faster and easier than any other.
