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Last year, while looking through a seed catalog, I saw a listing for something called “solar mulch.” Hmm, what’s that, I wondered? I learned that solar mulch is a green plastic sheeting that will do two important things for a vegetable grower like myself: If you like growing warm-season crops such as melons, cucumbers, eggplants, tomatoes and peppers, it’s important […]
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After reading Jessica Walliser’s book, Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden, I’ve become a big fan of her work. She does a great job of tackling useful subjects and breaking them down into their most important components. Jessica delivers this information in a very approachable way. I was excited to hear about her newest book, Container Gardening Complete (Cool Springs […]
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Take a close look at the photo to the left. Do you see how the rhododendron leaves are curled? Is this a sick plant? Is it doomed to a terrible fate? Nope, it’s just a very cold rhodie that is doing what it can to get through our cold winters! This doesn’t happen to all rhododendrons, though. When my husband […]
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I wanted to have a special holiday greeting for you all. What’s better than a video of hungry birds visiting our bird feeders on a snowy day? Well, how about if the scene was accompanied by some beautiful harp music? Yup, that sounded like the perfect combination for me to wish you “Happy Holidays!” I hope you will enjoy this. […]
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I absolutely love watching the birds in our garden! And because of that, you get to watch them, too… vicariously, at least. In the video below, you will see pine siskins goldfinches eating seedheads in our flower beds. We certainly wouldn’t such a wonderful variety of birds in our garden if it weren’t for some extra effort to make it […]
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I did a recent post showing how my winter garden is doing. I thought a video would be even more helpful. I’m a very visual learner and perhaps you are, too! This little garden is located inside our hoop house. So let’s jump right into the video, then I’ll give you some additional background: During the video, I mentioned a […]
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As a lot of you know, I grow vegetables in my little unheated hoop house every fall and winter. I’ve been doing this for 4 years and have been fairly successful. That always amazes me since my garden is in USDA zone 5! I started out very simply by putting hoops over a raised bed. I covered it first with […]
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I am far from perfect. As many of you know, I’ve been producing garden how-to videos for the past 3 years. You’d think that, by now, I would have it down pat but that’s not the case at all… as you’re about to see in this year’s “Bloopers Reel.” My husband loves to call me “One & Done,” in a […]
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It’s hard to believe we’re nearing the middle of November already, isn’t it? But that means it’s time to start decorating for the holidays. And what better way to start than by making a holiday wreath using natural materials from your garden? I have done this every year for a least a dozen years and it’s one of the most […]
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In late September, I wrote about overwintering zonal geraniums. It is so simple to do and is a great way to save money. Last year, I wasn’t successful at getting my ivy geraniums to overwinter so took some geranium cuttings as a “Plan B” for this year. What happened last year was that my ivy geraniums were huge plants by […]
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