The Dirt
Coming Soon: Grand Finale of Color
Coming Soon: Grand Finale of Color by Sandy Swegel Quit tidying up. There’s something you seldom hear. Sanitation in the garden is important year-round, but September is special in that we are slowly building up to the grand finale of Fall Color that changing leaf color brings. You can help make that more spectacular in your garden. […]
What’s Wrong with this Leaf?
Identify What’s Wrong With Your Plants by Sandy Swegel What do you do when one of your plants suddenly starts looking like it’s sick. I mentally go through a list of things I’ve seen before. Is it powdery mildew? Is that grasshopper damage? If the plant is next door to a yard that doesn’t have […]
Is Gardening work or play?
How To Garden Wisely by Sandy Swegel I had to laugh this week when reader Mike Hood commented earlier on one of our sweet inspiring quotes about the virtues of gardening that “Gardening is a Battle.” Now maybe Mike was just trolling, but I am all too familiar with the feeling that gardening is […]