Have you wondered about the best time to plant trees? It’s right now, in the beautiful days of fall when there’s a distinct nip in the air. Perhaps you have a few spots picked out where shade or a fruit tree would be perfect. Maybe you’d love the color burst of maple trees next autumn, […]
‘the way through the woods: of mushrooms and mourning,’ with long litt woon
I HAVE ONLY in recent years tuned in to mushrooms really at all, despite much of a life spent engaged with the outdoors. So when I saw a review in late summer of a new book called “The Way Through the Woods: Of Mushrooms and Mourning”—part memoir, part primer on fungi—it caught my attention. “The […]
Podcast: BioDome Gardening with Bren Haas
This week’s guest on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast is Bren Haas, creator of the popular Twitter chat group, #Gardenchat. Bren gardens in a 20′ geodesic biodome in Northwestern Ohio year-round, and we wanted to hear all about it. We chatted with Bren over the interwebs about biodome gardening. She shared her story […]
Garden lighting tips – luscious landscape lighting – Successful Garden Design
Landscape lighting is a real art form. I will need to immediately tell you that is it not my main area of expertise. When I have a big scheme to do, I always call in a lighting designer. A good lighting designer will work absolute magic. However, having said that, I have picked up one […]
From Grass to Gardens – FineGardening
Today’s photos come from Belinda. Here are some photos for your daily newsletter. I live in Ottawa, Canada, and bought my house three years ago. When I moved in, it didn’t have any gardens; it was all just grass. It took me one and a half hours to mow, so I slowly started removing the […]
Planting Bare Root Garden Trees
Everyone seems to be talking about trees these days and with good reason. They are one of the single most effective ways to take carbon out of the atmosphere and help slow global warming. Trees also give us many other benefits including soil conservation, flood prevention and habitat creation. In general they are easy to […]
The Winter Pots: Constructing A Centerpiece
A customer in the shop yesterday remarked that the beauty of a winter or holiday container begins and ends with gorgeous fresh cut branches. I am inclined to agree. Our first delivery of fresh cut branches arrived just in time for our winter open house weekend. The tall sized second year red twig dogwood that […]
Top 10 Questions About Garlic Plants
Here at Gardening Know How we get lots of questions, and many of those include issues surrounded with growing garlic. We try very hard to provide answers to the best of our knowledge. The following information includes the 10 most commonly asked questions about garlic plants in the garden. 1. How do you know what […]
talking pests, with clemson entomologist j.c. chong
IN AN ISSUE of his “PestTalks” e-newsletter not long ago, entomologist Dr. Juang-Horng Chong wrote something that I really loved. “I often consider ignorance the most serious pest of plants,” said J.C, as he is known, who has worked at Clemson University since 2007 and is an associate professor, running its Turf and Ornamentals Entomology […]
Wordless Wednesday: False Fall? – Gardenerd
Cold nights but hot days keep us guessing here at Gardenerd HQ. We’re planting seeds in the ground, but our seedlings are still under grow lights until day time temperatures fall below 73 degrees F. False fall continues to tease us. Here’s some inspiration to keep you going as we wait for the real deal. […]