by Carol | Oct 15, 2014 | Garden Tips, Gardening Green, Winter Gardening
Recently, I attended a workshop to learn more about what I can do as both a gardener and a landscape designer to help the salmon survive and to make a difference in our environment. Restoring our watershed means remembering that all water runs downhill, and compacted...
by Carol | Oct 3, 2014 | Dramatic Flowers, Fall Gardening, Garden Tips, New Improved Plants, Plants I Recommend
Compact Burning Bush The most popular variety of Euonymus alata ‘Compacta’ because people think it will be small, say 3′ x 3′. It is not the least bit small and easily grows into a beautiful small tree. The smallest variety on the market is...
by Carol | Dec 5, 2011 | Fall Gardening, Garden Tips, Winter Gardening
Buyer Beware! Watch out for fall discount plants at nurseries or garden stores. When you select plants on the leftover table at nurseries you are running some risks. The top of the pot will be chock full of weed seeds and the roots may well harbor larvae of...
by Carol | Dec 2, 2011 | Fall Gardening, Garden Tips, Winter Gardening
Winterize your irrigation system. This may mean flushing out an older system, or just draining your drip system. Bait for slugs all through fall and early winter. Don’t bait for slugs if you live in the woods, you will kill all the big native slugs who...
by Carol | Sep 27, 2011 | Garden Tips, Plants I Recommend
How to Prune Your Lavender Plants – Best Practice How to Make Your Lavender Last for Ten Years-Prune Twice A Year In late winter, (January and February) pruning lavender is an optimistic and happy task. If you are in on the secret this is when lavender gets the...
