Growing Garlic ( Allium Sativum )
Growing garlic is relatively simple even for the most inexperienced gardener. The best time to sow garlic is in the early fall right after the first hard frost. Prepare your soil with a good organic...
View ArticlePlant Your Spring Flowering Bulbs Now
After a couple of months of drab and dreary cold winter days nothing beats seeing those little green specks of beautiful tulips, breath taking daffodils, fabulous hyacinths, and tiny crocus peaking...
View ArticleThe Gardener Within: Perennial bulbs give gardens a rainbow hue
We gardeners may be cockeyed optimists by nature, but we’re pragmatic by experience. Instant gratification is not something we expect from our gardens. We accept the months of anticipation, the aching...
View ArticleHow to Grow Lilium in the Garden
Liliums, often called lilies are an easy perennial plant for the home gardener. We have tiger lilies growing around our house. I remember them as a young girl, because you could pick the flowers off...
View ArticleSpring Garden Fever
For Most of the country it appears that this year we will be having a late Spring and there are many a gardener with spring garden fever. Mother Nature of course is fickle and very unpredictable, but...
View ArticleMay Gardening
So it begins May gardening, good weather after the first few weeks of Spring was cold and wet I can finally get into the gardens and get some work done. Sunshine and mild temperatures letting me get...
View Article5 Garden Design Basics
Garden design is not so complicated as one might think. One of the first steps of course is to decide what kind of garden you want and where you want to put it. Many time a garden is just a … Continue...
View ArticleJune Gardening Preview
June gardening this year should be a rush to get things planted. This week I have seen the local farmers out in the fields trying to get them plowed and seeded. In a normal year the corn is already up...
View ArticleSoil The Foundation Of Your Garden
Soil is defined as the naturally occurring, unconsolidated mineral or organic material at the surface of the earth that is capable of supporting plant growth. So what is soil? I believe that it is...
View ArticleSummer Solstice 2014
The Summer solstice this year arrived on June 21 here in the Chicago area we did not get to enjoy the full extent of extra day light as the clouds rolled in at 6:00 pm and the skies opened with …...
View ArticleWeeds Weeds Weeds
Weeds it seems like they are everywhere and they are. Summer brings out the best in weeds and that is the bane of many a Gardener. Like it or not one of the most disliked chores is to weed the …...
View ArticleIs Gardening Really A Career Choice
Now a days if a child came home from school and told their parent that the High School Guidance Counselor had suggested that they take up gardening as a career path most parent would be appalled and be...
View ArticleWhere Are The Bugs
Where are the bugs, what has happened to them? From the research I have done it seems that this past winter was not only disliked by us but the bugs as well. The cold weather while not enough to kill …...
View ArticleWinter Is Coming Ready Or Not
Ready or not Winter is coming and bringing with some of the less pleasant weather of the year for gardeners. While I am not much of a fan of snow and cold I understand the importance of the rest period...
View ArticleThe Holidays Time For Joy And Taking Stock
Well here we are at the end of another year in 17 days we will be starting a new year. While we in the world of gardening look forward to the month of March for the start of a new … Continue reading →...
View ArticleDecember To Remember In Chicago
A December to remember in Chicago this year. We have had a rather pleasant month with out any really bitterly cold periods and no snow to speak of here in the southwestern suburbs. At this point the...
View ArticleA Garden Challenge For 2015
A Garden Challenge to start the year off right full blown competition with gardeners fighting to finish first and win the big prize! Well not exactly that kind of challenge there is no first place not...
View ArticleJanuary 1st Start Of A New Garden Year
January new garden year? What the heck is that all about? Well usually on the first day of January everyone is making resolution I however make plans for the new garden year. I think that it is...
View ArticleTo Do List 2015
The To Do List one of the most important and vexing tools I have. Every year I set aside time to make up the to do list it is my guide, my plan, my road map. Sometimes though it feels … Continue...
View ArticleStewardship Our Responsibilities
Stewardship is an awesome thing a gift that each of us has. Many people embrace this role and try to do their best to pass on to others the spirit of joy that the role of steward gives while many …...
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