Hi all you green thumbs and fellow black thumbs! I have a question about rose bushes. Bear with me here, I’ve done my research on when to properly replant them, and even how to clone from cuttings blah blah blah. Believe me, I did some searching before I came to spam you guys with what [...]

My dear boyfriend decided that our vegetable garden was sad and needed a makeover. BEFORE: Ignore the extension cords – that’s a whole other project :-)

Big black ants have decided my vegetable garden is a good place to live. I do not agree. Will diatamacious earth fix this, ie, kill them all? I really, really, REALLY do not want to try and dig them up, like my mother suggested. They big, and if you step on their mound, they swarm [...]

Can anyone help me ID this tropical shrub/tree? A friend inherited it with their new house in St Pete, Florida.

All of my roses are antiques, and we’ve pretty much left them alone, with almost no maintenance. Last fall, I decided that this was the year to give them a good pruning. Since I’m being cheap this year, I also decided to root cuttings of my favorites to hand out as Christmas presents for some [...]

I just joined! Mainly to ask all of you fine folk about this flower, but also because I’ve been gardening in our urban community garden plots for the last three years and am constantly in need of learning and info! So, this flower? I like it. But what is it called??

Late blight was discovered on Pennsylvania tomatoes in mid-May from the link : Ohio State U plant pathologist Dr. Sally Miller has reported that on May 20, 2010 Penn State announced that late blight was confirmed on locally grown greenhouse tomato transplants in northwestern PA. This follows reports of outbreaks in Louisiana, Florida and Maryland. [...]

I had nice, neat, detailed maps for all my veggie beds, and I LOST THEM. Don’t ask how. I don’t even know! So, I’m redoing them, and this time, I want to save them on my computer, so I can’t misplace them (I did the last set by hand on paper). I know I’ve seen free [...]

I know I already posted today about my garden, but what can you do with dill? I have a WHOLE bunch of it. I read that you can use it with salmon, but I’m really not a fan. I’m already making “fake” pickles with vinegar. That was my intention all along, but now I have [...]

These are week old pictures of the yard. It’s been cleaned up a bit since than and boards have been cut to fit. Last Sunday my boyfriend was out for  hours digging up our “lawn” to make a raised bed. I come home and he’s got everything all planted and done! Hurrah! The only thing [...]