Spring is a great time of year to add mulch to your landscape beds. Here are some tips on how to use mulch properly. Benefits of mulch Winter: Mulch insulates soil. This aids soil microorganisms and helps your plants survive cold temperatures. It also helps reduce compaction and erosion from rain storms. Summer: Mulch’s insulating property is […]

When you have been gardening for over 60 years, like I have, you see a lot of trends and fads come and go.  A recent trip down memory lane jogged a few for me around the subject of growing vegetables.  Two that I remember well are French Intensive Gardening (or Biodynamic Gardening), and Square Foot […]

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Transplanting a tree can be a necessary step for a many reasons, such as if the tree is outgrowing its current location, or if it’s simply in the way of construction or new landscaping plans. The process of transplanting a tree can be quite traumatic for the tree, and it’s important to give it the […]

Herbs are a fascinating class of plants and one of the most useful. Most of them take up very little space and make an enormous difference in our kitchens. For growing purposes, I like to think of herbs in two groups; the tough, drought tolerant, Mediterranean shrubs and subshrubs like thyme and rosemary and then […]

I’ve had a significant number of emails and conversations this week that all boil down to “Help! I can’t manage it all anymore!” It happens this time every year. The sun finally shines, we head outside and are suddenly confronted by the realities of what has transpired during a long, wet, cold winter. In my…

I am feeling a bit philosophical today, so bear with me.  Last week I finally bit the bullet and got into the garden for my spring cleanup.  I had purposely left everything in the fall to die back naturally, as normally happens in nature.  In retrospect, I think it was a good idea as it […]

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RABBITS are driving us nuts. Pesky insects and diseases exploit helpless plants trapped in overly-soggy pots. So we move the plants undercover. And then rabbits finish them off! The rabbits are practically costing me my living! They shouldn’t be here. They are Eastern Cottontails. What right do they have to mow down whole blocks of […]

We last discussed the benefits of pruning your trees and bushes. The benefits are truly compelling. However, there are, also, potential harms if you neglect to prune your trees and bushes. Here are some of the risks associated with not pruning your trees and bushes: Increased Risk of Disease and Pests Overgrown trees and bushes […]