Whether you enjoy bird watching or you like to feed the birds, native plants are a great way to attract them to your yard! MORE SOURCE: https://www.lewisginter.org/feed-the-birds/ … [Read more...]
Straw Bale Gardening, Step-by-Step
Straw bale gardening is easy, affordable and fun for kids! Don't think you have enough time for a garden? Not enough space (or no yard at all?) for a garden either? Straw bale gardening is right for you! Read more: … [Read more...]
Praying Mantis Egg Sac Info: Learn About Praying Mantis In The Garden
Praying mantis are highly prized in the garden due to their predaceous nature against the insects that plague our plants. They are also lovely to look at and fascinating to watch in action. Read more SOURCE: … [Read more...]
Common Monarch Ailments 101
This is a list of the MOST common problems that the Monarch Rearer may encounter and how you can either avoid your Monarch from being infected or avoid the infection from spreading to your other caterpillars. Continued: … [Read more...]
1989 Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica)
Few blues in nature rival the blue of Virginia bluebells, and a single clump in a garden or a stand of thousands along a stream is a beautiful sight. Continued: … [Read more...]
2021 PERENNIAL OF THE YEAR: ‘CAT’S PAJAMAS’ NEPETA
If you’ve ever grown catmint and were disappointed in how it split open and oozed over onto its neighbors, we have good news! ‘Cat’s Pajamas’ will be the most well-behaved catmint you’ve ever seen. Its shape is like a blue bowling ball in the … [Read more...]
Wild Garlic
Wild garlic Allium vineale LAlso known as: wild onion, crow garlic, fieldonion, Jamestown-grass, Stag’s garlic, scallion,ramsons and rush-leek. Read about: … [Read more...]
Spring Fruit Tree Care
It is time to prune your apple and pear trees if you have not yet done it. Read on: … [Read more...]
Thriller, spiller, filler – the gardening experts’ secret for creating show-stopping containers
Using 'thriller, spiller, filler', you can create successful container displays. Use our expert advice to find out how – it's as easy as 1, 2, 3. CONTINUE SOURCE: https://www.homesandgardens.com/amp/news/thriller-spiller-filler-container-plants … [Read more...]
Fairy Garden Magic
The best part of a garden is a place that makes you stop to smile. If your plantings areuninspiring, why not tuck a fairy garden in for a bit of whimsy. Read more: … [Read more...]