Jan 26, 2014 | A Gardening Life, Garden Celebrations, Inspiration, Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables, Report From An Opinionated Gardener, Report From PIA, You Can Grow That!
It has been my great pleasure to write here for five years, finding the ways that everything comes together in the garden. From thoughts about finding peace and meditation in the landscape to actual planting and plant advice posting here has been great fun. Sometimes,...
Jan 22, 2014 | A Gardening Life, Another Polular Misconception, As I See It, Bloggers Bloom Day, Bloggers You Can Grow That! Day, flummoxed on friday, Garden Celebrations, Garden Prayer, Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Garden Wedding, Grateful Gardeners Book Club, growing the spirit, Inspiration, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Perennial Maintenance, Pet Peeves, Plant Something!, plants I hate, plants I love, products I hate, products I love, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables, Report From An Opinionated Gardener, Report From PIA, Things I Hate About Your Garden, Uncategorized, vegetables, What's for dinner?, wordless Wednesday, You Can Grow That!
Which would be, of course, you. The best of Whole Life Gardening is all the people who have followed this blog over the past few years. I am grateful to you beyond measure…and we’ve had fun, haven’t we? Now I’m planting new gardens: a link to...
Jan 4, 2014 | A Gardening Life, You Can Grow That!
Most people receive a dish garden as a gift. They are lovely when they arrive, because they’re usually made of three or more houseplants with contrasting foliage colors and textures. Most are in a low dish or basket, and are dressed up with moss to hid the soil....
Dec 3, 2013 | A Gardening Life, You Can Grow That!
Many of my consultation clients want foundation or garden plants that don’t require constant pruning. They are tired of fighting a losing battle with plants that want to grow tall. For many of these customers I recommend Pinus strobus ‘Minuta.’ The Minuta white pine...
Nov 4, 2013 | A Gardening Life, Plant Something!, plants I love, You Can Grow That!
Your garden has the power to grow smiles. Whether you have a huge property or containers on the balcony, in all most seasons of the year you are cultivating the potential for surprising acts of cheer and kindness. We have the power to make someone’s day in the...
Oct 9, 2013 | Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables, vegetables, What's for dinner?, You Can Grow That!
Yup. If you’re a foodie, whenever possible you must grow your own. I understand that those in cities usually need to be content with farmer’s markets and CSA’s, but if you have a sunny porch, deck, or yard, start planning next year’s vegetable...