Your peonies are ready to pollen love and settle down. The only challenge right now is picking a partner that shares a thirst for life and a love of well-drained spots. Hint: Why choose? Plant the entire fellowship. Honestly, the more the merrier. Nothing Puny About Peony A thriving garden bed is one where all…
Dividing perennials is the ultimate “buy one, get four free” coupon for thrifty gardeners. I’ve turned one healthy clump into half a dozen plants more times than I can count. Yet, if you move too early, the poor things will freeze. Move too late, and they sulk like teens forced to attend a family reunion….
Basements carry a bad rep, and honestly, it feels completely unjustified. What if I told you that you can use them to grow life down there, and not one tied to a… never mind. Mine turns into a full-blown nursery every March! Indoor seed starting is the ultimate power move for an impatient gardeners like…
An ecosystem upgrade tucked into a delicate white border. A honey-scented recruitment center for hardworking beneficial insects. A perfumed living mulch that quietly pulls more weight than most decorative garden extras. That’s Sweet Alyssum, the pretty companion plant I seriously underestimated! The Tiny Flower Doing Big Work in Your Garden Its small stature hides a…
The thermometer hit fifty, and suddenly you want to go full barber on your garden. But cutting everything down now is kind of a rude gesture to every bee currently snoozing in a hollow stem. If you want flowers in June, it helps to remember that some of your pollinators are literally overwintering in the…
Congrats on surviving winter. Just please don’t celebrate by decapitating your dormant stalks and back away from the garden shed. March a way of tricking beginners into premature pruning. Don’t let a few warm days fool you. In my experience, waiting a little longer is often the difference between a thriving comeback and a stressed plant….