Sep 19, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Life's Gardens, Plant Something!, You Can Grow That!
Regular and sporadic readers of this blog know that back in the fall of 2011 I proposed that this phrase would be useful for the promotion of plants and gardening. Since I think that horticulture and the gardening enhances just about every aspect of life, my goal is...
Sep 12, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love
Have I got a plant for you. In northern climates it dies to the ground in the winter and returns next spring to grow from nothing into a shrub-like plant that’s six feet in all directions. Talk about renewal! The leaves are a nice, fine texture all summer and they are...
Sep 4, 2012 | Bloggers You Can Grow That! Day, Life's Gardens, You Can Grow That!
I’m using my You Can Grow That! blog post this month to explain how this phrase, and my plant/horticulture campaign idea, has taken an unexpected turn. As many of you know, last October I had the idea to use “You Can Grow That!” as a catch phrase to promote...
Sep 3, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Inspiration, Life's Gardens, my gardens
On the day when we celebrate workers, perhaps it’s fitting to also acknowledge the fruits of our labors. Good things take effort. Here’s to all those who are willing to work to create something beneficial or beautiful.
Sep 2, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love
Although there were a few berries left on our Doyle’s Thornless Blackberry, it was time to tame the wild growth. Like other brambles, this plant grows new canes that will bear fruit next season even as last year’s growth is bearing berries this summer. ...
Aug 22, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Perennial Maintenance, plants I love
You need to combine annuals and perennials. This should be a given for anyone who likes flowers. You say that you want lots of bloom but you only want plants that come up every year? You say that you only want those things that flower from May through October? Get...
