Tag: winter

In their inimitable states of seasonal freshness, cut garlands, wreaths, swags, and Christmas trees, have arrived at our greenhouse. A tree’s freshness is determined by its weight, which comes from its water content, so the heavier the tree and other…

Thanksgiving is just days away, family and friends are ready to gather, and landscapes are dormant, bare, and almost ugly. But they don’t have to be that way if we keep in mind that the eye naturally is drawn to…

After the past couple of weeks’ extremely cold weather, I am ready to start my garden planning sessions. My anticipation really is fired up since the 2011 organic seeds arrived at the garden center this week. I know I’m not…

The festive plants of the holiday season are yearly highlights for this gardener. These specimen plants are found simultaneously on the market only during this window between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Although as a gardener it seems like sacrilege to cut…

Well, here we are wrapping up another year of local gardening advice. I like to think of my readers as good friends and neighbors, just hanging out talking over the back yard fence. At least that is how the writer’s…

Done are the columns on live Christmas trees, keeping the cut tree fresh, and all other holiday plants. The winter solstice was this week, Christmas is tomorrow and from a gardener’s perspective the spring season is only days away. However,…

Now that the house is divested of its festive holiday façade, back to its ordinary self, and seeming somewhat blah, our home could use something new, fresh, and even something exciting. To fill those needs it’s time to bring in…

This year’s gardening season kicks off in March with cool season vegetables. Since seedlings take up to eight weeks before they are ready for transplanting out of doors, and the 2012 vegetable and flower seeds have arrived at the garden…

Another New Year so another pruning season has begun. Proper pruning and the correct planting process are equal in importance to good landscape health. This is the time to begin cutting back all perennials in the garden. Go ahead and…

This cooler weather ushers in one of my favorite gardening seasons. Mums abound in almost every shape, size, and color, I’ve planted the first of the winter-blooming pansies, and the kids and I picked the first pumpkins from our garden.…