Category Archives: Garden Tips

Planting a Shade Window Box

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2021 Perennial Plant of the Year

CALAMINTHA NEPETA SUBSP. NEPETA Calamint, Lesser Calamint Photo credit: Stonehouse Nursery Like a cloud of confetti, tiny [...]

June is Perennial Gardening Month

June is the perfect time to plant perennials Because of the abundance of perennials that [...]

It’s Time To Plant Pansies!

Pansies are the colorful flowers with “faces.” A cool-weather favorite, pansies are great for both [...]

10 Essential Spring Gardening Tasks

1. Time for a spring inspection. On one of the first warm days of spring, [...]

Veggies That Prefer Cool Weather

Many of the most common kinds have edible leaves or roots, like lettuce, carrots and [...]

Houseplant of the Month: Fiddle Leaf Fig

The fiddle-leaf fig (Ficus lyrata) is a popular indoor specimen plant featuring very large, heavily [...]

Seeds of Joy

Starting plants from seeds is a fun and easy way to stretch those gardening dollars. [...]