The Dirt
The One Best Way to know when fungus is attacking your rose garden
Tips for Handling Fungus by Sandy Swegel We’ve had crazy amounts of rain this season and a sad consequence of this is plants are plagued with leaf diseases of every sort. Organic treatment of black spot and rust and powdery mildew usually starts with useless notes like air the plant out, provide adequate drainage, pick […]
Flowers to set the mood
Flower Arrangement Tips by Sandy Swegel One of my favorite jobs each year is designing twenty-two flower pots for an urban condo. The homeowners are real garden lovers but they live in the middle of the city on a high floor. Rather than be content to just look at the amazing mountain vistas their elevation […]
The first 21 days of a bee’s life.
A Bee’s Life by Sandy Swegel You have to watch this Ted Talk. It’s a time-lapse video of the first 21 days of a bee’s life and how bee babies turn into what looks like slime into a bee. http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/05/an-extraordinary-glimpse-into-the-first-21-days-of-a-bees-life-in-60-seconds/ I think promoting bees is the real key to reversing the dumping of pesticides in […]