We (basically my husband, Paul) dug up our little garden plot today. It’s 9′ X 131/2′. Here I am: We added a few bags of manure and humus to the dirt. I think I may plant some seeds on Wednesday, if I can figure out how I should set the garden up. I don’t know how [...]
I wanted to give you guys a pictorial update on how “the babies” were doing. This isn’t all of them, but gives a fair representation of their growth and…umm..thrivingness? From left to right: Cherokee Purple Tomato, New Zealand Summer Spinach, and the big kid on the end is Sweet Potato Squash. The NZ Summer Spinach [...]
Okay, I totally made a noob gardener mistake. I started seedlings for the first time ever, but didn’t make note of what was what. This is partly because I had to do it twice, as the first time, nothing sprouted. The second time, the seeds I sowed sprouted, but so did the seeds that had [...]
I bought my first house a couple years ago and last year was the first time I bothered with the landscaping. Now I have a few established perennials, but I am not really sure how to fill things in. Last year I added a few annuals, but everything looked really sparse. Under the cut I [...]
I bought my first house a couple years ago and last year was the first time I bothered with the landscaping. Now I have a few established perennials, but I am not really sure how to fill things in. Last year I added a few annuals, but everything looked really sparse. Under the cut I [...]
Hello all, A few weeks ago, I bought two fernleaf hedge bamboo (Bambusa multiplex) plants, and planted them in some large containers. They were doing pretty well when I got them, and now, one of them looks like it’s dying, and the other one looks like it’s on its way. Most of the leaves have [...]
By now I’m sure everyone who’s been on this forum for more than a couple of weeks is very familiar with the rose garden I put in this year. (For those who don’t know the story, info here and a photo here.) Between Mom’s former roses and the roses I already had, 19 roses were [...]
I planted some chives last year, but this year the plant is really taking off, and is sending up flower buds for the first time. I know with some herbs, like basil, the flowers need to be removed to keep the plant alive, but since the chives are a perennial I’m not sure what to [...]
My yard has some well established lavender. The plants are large and did well the end of last summer and fall, when I first bought my house. Now they look a bit sad. There are many dead stalks sticking up and some of the leaf areas are all dead. Other parts of the plant look [...]
Hey, apartment-dwellers! I received an email today from my ex-landlord that just sent me into a rage, and any advice is appreciated. I’m sure I’m not the first one to deal with this particular problem: I moved out at the end of March. At this time, the landlord came over to do the walk-through with [...]