Category: Gardening Tips

Amur Honeysuckle is a short fast growing, flowering shrub that has become invasive and established in roughly half of the United States and Canada.  As...

Cardinal Climber is an annual vine which produces numerous red flowers and can grow 20′ or more in full sun.  In my experience, this is...

Lobelia is a common herbaceous annual garden flower that is compact and well behaved.  It is very often sold in garden centers and nurseries.  It...

I thought now would be an appropriate time to share my method for how to save milkweed seeds cleanly, without making a mess of the...

Building a bee hotel can be a fun activity and great way to attract pollinators to your garden!  There are many different styles to choose...

One of the first steps to making your own vegetable garden or new flower beds is to remove the grass. This isn’t the funnest job...

Ticks, we all hate them. Nobody likes picking ticks off themselves, their children, or their dog after playing in the yard. If your yard backs...

Hello!  Got questions as to how and when to divide perennials?  You’ve come to the right place.  I just finished dividing some perennials and thought...

Well, this is embarrassing….but, I’m human & hoping I’m not alone in making ‘silly’ mistakes like this one! I know better, but it happened…..and it...

For the last 5-10 years gardening with raised beds has seemingly been the most popular method of backyard gardening.  It has been purported to solve...