Going Vertical With Houseplants

Going Vertical With Houseplants

I thought it might be a nice change of pace to move indoors this week and talk about some of the outstanding tropical plants that we can grow in our homes.  As the rain pounds on the roof while I write this, a tropical destination does sound nice… perhaps with golf clubs in tow and my camera in hand to take a bazillion photos of all the cool plants I encounter…  Sorry, got distracted there for a moment.  As you consider which tropicals to cultivate indoors, keep in mind that many of them love to do one of two things…

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Proper Pruning in Winter Part Three

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Proper Pruning in Winter Part Three

I am back once more to help you continue down the road to pruning success this week with episode three.   Most things work best as a trilogy, right?  I am sure that all of your eager gardening minds are ready for more this week as we keep this momentum going.  Up next is a focus on types of buds, which will…

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Proper Pruning in Winter Part Two

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Proper Pruning in Winter Part Two

My hope from last week is that I got everyone’s pruning juices flowing.  This week I will attempt to build on that momentum and get into some more specifics.  If you got outside in this wonderfully cold and sunny weather and started your personal pruning battle plan, pat yourself on the back!  You have earned a gold star and embarked on a journey to pruning success.  If you haven’t, don’t worry, there is still time…

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Proper Pruning in Winter Part One

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Proper Pruning in Winter Part One

Winter presents the ideal time to prune a great many things, so I am going to attempt to inspire you to get your landscape specimens pruned… and properly.  This will be a difficult subject to explain through verbiage, but I am thinking we can at least tackle some…

Dormant Spraying In the Garden

Dormant Spraying In the Garden

As we march on through the month of January, it is time to recall the annual gardening tradition of dormant spraying.  The ideal products may have changed a bit over the years, and certainly their effectiveness has improved as well, but the spray techniques and principles remain the same.  A plan for success always begins with…

January In The Garden

January In The Garden

As we begin to navigate 2025, I have decided to start the year with a new mantra… “Strive in ’25”, which of course has meaning in my landscape AND my daily life.  There seems to be so much strife and negativity these days, but we can counter this by striving for positivity.  We can strive for…

The Evolution Of The Gardener

The Evolution Of The Gardener

I thought it might be fun to kick off 2025 in style with some talk about climate, gardens, and the adjustments we continue to make to both our gardening choices and practices.  Gardeners have certainly always been flexible, or rolled with the punches as they say.  As Mother Nature surprises us with this or that, she always…