The Dirt
Communicating with Plants
Use Your Own Intuition to Garden by Sandy Swegel Reading through all the garden porn…uh I mean seed catalogs…I found myself quite transported this morning. Looking at the beautiful pictures in the catalogs, I realized that when I considered getting seeds for a certain plant, my mind was quite filled with images of what the […]
Bring More Color to Your Wild Areas
Wildflower Seeds by Sandy Swegel At this time of year when we’re mired in cold and snow, I yearn for two delights of Spring: when the daffodils and tulips bloom and when the meadows burst with wildflowers. One thing about wildflowers though, especially in our suburban gardens. A few years after planting it seems that […]
How to Become a Great Gardener
Why You Should be a Self-Taught Gardner by Sandy Swegel I garden and landscape for a living. I have accumulated a massive amount of information about the best ways to grow things, to take care of the soil, to encourage native plants and bees, etc. When I’m talking to people, they naturally assume I have […]