Our cherry parfait is blooming profuselyup close of cherry parfait bud 

Hi guys. I’m new here. I have some questions…. they are probably ‘duhhh’, but I’m totally clueless and don’t want to kill the herbs. First of all, I have a bunch of basil, cilantro, rosemary, thyme, and sage currently. What I need help with is: How do I harvest them each when they are ready [...]

The bright color of this dahlia reminds me of you; you’ve brightened my day many times.  

 Omg! There’s a bed right underneath my kitchen window (Shady, in ZONE 5A – not too sure) and it needs HELP! I discovered last summer that the earth hardens really well and I tried to plant some dailiahs, but it didn’t work out too well. The daffodils survive every year, but I think there’s a [...]

 There’s so much to do this year! My garden looks really bare but I’m a first-time gardener!! =( Anyone help? Are there any nice flowers that I could and should start planting now so that I can get a nice bloom in the summer or autumn? (Oh, and could they be rather easy maintenance??) My [...]

this is the ‘luscious’ pear tree on OHxF rootstock which is semi-dwarf and cold hearty, grown right here in minnesota. our notorious cold and long winters are problematic to many fruit trees, so i researched long and hard before choosing these varieties. another view of the luscious the ‘parker’ pear tree also semi-dwarf another view, [...]

Hi guys! I’m Jacey, 26 year old teacher from New Zealand. This is my first post here, and I hope my room is saucy enough! I’ve worked VERY hard on it – with a lot of inspiration from so many people who post here and in other comms - so thanks to you all. :) I’ve [...]

So in addition to some seedlings I started the more traditional way, I also decided to plant some basil seeds in a pot which I had lying around. I watered it and put it on a windowsill without an open window. Things have started to sprout, but now I’m totally confused. As you can see, [...]

Hope you enjoy your 37th birthday.

I’d been meaning to take pictures of my (first) apartment and post them much earlier than this, but life kind of got in the way. I’m currently finishing up my first year of graduate school at the University of Michigan’s School of Information for Library and Information Services. That explains how life got in the [...]