Sow Your Poppies Now!
Add a Pop of Color To Your Garden Every year, there’s one packet of seed I always spread. More important than tomatoes or basil, my two favorite vegetables, I never forget to sow a pack of poppies. I use the Parade of Poppies mix liberally in a couple of different areas…one is a long fifty foot long, […]
Ask the Kids
What do you think is special about our Garden? I recently returned from my annual trip to New Orleans. I go every Winter for a trip to my hometown so I can enjoy a minor respite from Colorado’s below-zero weather and smell fresh gardenias and camellias and remember that oranges and grapefruit grow right on […]
Forest Bathing
Being in the Present Moment No, this isn’t a clever way to reduce water usage during drought conditions. “Forest bathing” or as it’s called in Japan shinrin-yoku, has now been clinically proven to reduce stress and improve human health. We gardeners and wildflower lovers have always known this, but the Japanese have perfected the art of shinrin-yoku […]