How much do we value our privacy from the outside looking in?
For centuries hedges have been used to divide individual properties, to separate field crops and to define the line between public and pr...
So, it’s hot, it’s humid, it’s time to relax. With hurricane season upon us, now is also a good time to do a walk around the garden and make an assessment as to what needs to be done before any storms...
Summer means heat. When combined with rain heat creates growth, which leads to problems — especially with insects and fungus.
Insects, and there are many of them, love to munch on new, soft growth and...
Juno was the goddess of marriage, pregnancy, and childbirth, which makes me wonder how she managed to tend her garden in June, a very floriferous month.
Obviously, that is why a majority of garden mai...
The garden, a place of peace and quiet; a place of refuge in times of stress and uncertainty; a sanctuary to ponder, rethink, dwell on issues in a quiet understanding way. It’s been that way through h...
Your garden, or is it? Simply put, is it really what you want or enjoy looking at? If not, why? Perhaps you have not thought about it more than being just a green space.
How often do you think about y...
Horticulture has always been “green” but today, “green” is a driving force in the marketplace where people with environmental concerns are blossoming in numbers.
Consider the not-so-new idea of stayi...
Designing a garden is, to many, an interesting exercise in creating a mix of plant types that hopefully will turn out to be an attractive area which appends the home. The main components of a garden ...
So, it’s the same old question: “What to buy a gardener for Christmas?” You now have a short period of time to make that decision.
December invariably lends itself to everything else bar working in t...
How often do you walk around your garden and check plants for pests, disease or broken branches?
It’s a necessary exercise in order to ensure a garden has healthy plants and soil.
Autumn’s shorter d...
