I worked quite hard in the garden this morning, until the rain came down so heavily that it sheeted off my head and soaked my jacket. But it was worth it- finally, I divided some of the forsythia bush off for new shrubs and transplanted a layer tip start of my Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’. […]
garden basics
Seed-starting, January thoughts
I haven’t planted my seeds indoors for a few years, but I think I will do a small amount this year. I thought I would share a couple things from past years experience. One is the caution not to plant too early. You gather together all your seed starting supplies, you are driven by visions […]
Scenic Nursery: Bedding Plant Planting
Scenic Nursery | Weblog: Bedding Plant Planting I always enjoy reading Patrick Rogers entries, and this one is now appropriate for Ohio gardens. We are still trying to put in our bedding plants…. between inundations. ‘Bedding plants’ is sort of an old fashioned term bringing on visions of Gertrude Jekyll, and her magnificent plans for […]
Propagation of softwood cuttings
Propagation of softwood cuttings of deciduous plants. Here is an article ( of many) written by a gardener even more enthused in their website prose than I am! Something of a cross between a motivational speaker and a sawdust revival preacher in the world of plants and propagation. Propagation is an area that I am […]
when should i start my garden
I ran across this search in my stats. Figured it was a pretty important question for most gardeners just starting out. If you live up North, in the Midwestern area, you can start certain things any time now (early March). You can prune trees, and I would say you can plant trees and shrubs, although […]
I am starting to think like Spring
That is right. It has seeped into my bones, I believe it started when I was looking at my apple trees and considering how I should be pruning right now. Gardening season officially starts for me when I plan on pruning. Last year those trees ( most of them) received some major pruning, but they […]
