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Here in the Southeast where summer temps can get quite high accompanied by stifling humidity, it’s not uncommon to have plants that are wilting on . . . -
Do you know what voles are? They are kind of cute little meadow mice with short tails. While I hate to kill anything (even spiders!), . . . -
“I tawt I taw a puddy tat”¦I did, I did!” Let me just preface what will surely be a tirade by saying I love animals . . .
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I prefer to maintain a healthy, natural ecosystem in my garden. I don’t like to use pesticides and prefer less damaging methods to protect my . . . -
I live on the Columbia River Plateau – an area of about 100,000 square miles of shrub-steppe that extends from the Cascade Mountains to the . . . -
Some gardeners like it hot. I have friends that live farther inland than I do and adore their 90-degree plus summer weather. They definitely grow . . .
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In many regions, and especially here in the Southeast, it’s that icky time of year again. The summer heat (and humidity) is back. Dealing with . . . -
I’ve worked hard, little by little, to get a nice display of beautiful native plants started in my flower beds. They’re finally at the point . . . -
You know how excited you feel once spring arrives and you get to go outside and play in the garden? And the joy you feel . . . -
My lawn isn’t green and manicured like a golf course, but I don’t hate it. We fertilize once a year (usually, if we remember), but . . .
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“American as apple pie,” the saying goes, but who has time to make pies these days other than maybe at Thanksgiving? The more appropriate expression . . . -
As with any partnership, marital or otherwise, one person often has strengths the other person lacks and vice versa. In my case, the lawn isn’t . . . -
The presence of well-maintained lawns can say a lot about a neighborhood and those who live there. Though very few people in my neighborhood paid . . . -
Who doesn’t want to have a great looking lawn? I mean we all do, right. The thing is, great lawns don’t come easy (or cheap), . . .
