Growing Tulips
Three Myths about Growing Tulips by Sandy Swegel We are having a beautiful tulip year despite heavy snows. Trees broke in half, but the tulip stems were just short enough when it snowed that they didn’t break. Walking around the neighborhood in wonder at tulips under broken trees, I thought about how sturdy tulips really […]
How To Deal with Troublesome Pests In Container Gardens
Pests Control Tips by Angela Thomas Many gardeners choose to grow plants in containers for the ease of planting and for the convenience of placing the containers anywhere they want. Maintaining healthy plants in a container garden is no different from plants in a garden. However, container plants need more care. Taking care of them […]
Rules You Can’t Break
Some Rules You Can’t Break by Sandy Swegel Nature is a fierce taskmaster. We can bend many rules by starting seeds in our basements under lights or planting tomatoes in Walls of Water in the snow. But there are definite limits to how much nature will bend to our will and when we’ve just […]