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….
Do you ever feel like your pepper yield drops a little every time you prune? Yeah… I dealt with the same thing when I first started growing peppers. What I’ve noticed over the years is that pruning can be really helpful, but only when it’s done at the right time and in the right way! In this…
I’m a sucker for a giant bloom. But back when I was still a gardening n00b, I played a risky game of chicken with a hard freeze, a bag of mulch, and a watering can… and I lost. Ever since, I’ve learned that a little winter prep goes a long way. In my experience, these…
Winter interest is often just a polite way of saying pretty sticks, and self-seeding describes plants that aggressively expand their territory. These terms dictate my late-season strategy: deciding which stalks face the final chop and which are spared for another month. By now, I’ve learned that late winter is where the real decisions happen. So grab…
Don’t assume the bulb ship sailed in October. One year I found a forgotten a bag of forgotten tulips and, on a mild February day, I planted them anyway… right into a slushy trench. Neighbors laughed. I laughed. Then April arrived, and my yard looked like a Dutch postcard while their plots stayed brown. Hah!…