With every emerging month in the garden comes certain tasks and responsibilities you must take care of. October is one such month when pruning proves to be important and beneficial to promote strong growth next spring. In today’s article, we’ll take a look at all the perennials you should be pruning in October to achieve…
If you’re anything like me, the last thing you want to do is spend a chilly afternoon cleaning up your garden. And yet, what you must, you must, because the alternative is a garden that looks like a fraternity house after a party; half-dead, a little smelly, and full of questionable messes. Or perhaps, there…
Order in the garden! We’re putting a beloved garden star, the peony, on trial. Its crime? Overstaying its welcome with an unsightly appearance. The question before the court: Should we sentence it to a clean cut, or grant it a reprieve through winter? The verdict is in your hands. The Case for Cutting Back Peonies…
Although herbs can be a total nightmare for many new gardeners, I personally found them pretty easy to grow in my early gardening days. Now that the size of my herb patches has grown substantially, they’re obviously a little more challenging to manage, but still require much less work and effort compared to regular flowering…
If you think fall is just for raking, you are about to have your mind blown. Although your garden gave it a good go this year and now looks somewhat tired, don’t worry, the show isn’t over yet. With a well-timed snip, you can convince some of your favorite perennials to perform again. So unlike…
As beautiful and lovely as frost may seem, for the average gardener, it’s definitely something to fear. Frost weakens sensitive plants and freezes their roots, causing mayhem in the garden and rendering any effort put into growing those plants useless. In today’s article, I’m going to share with you a list of cold-sensitive plants you…