Some people greet the end of the growing season with sadness while others feel a sense of relief – will those zucchinis never quit??? Here are a few tips to help you make the transition to the off-season whatever your feelings about the imminent change in weather. Continue harvesting vegetables and deadheading annual flowers [Continue]
Who doesn’t adore the sweet smell of honeysuckle? There is nothing more delightful than walking down a trail perfumed with honeysuckle in early June. However, behind the sweetness lurks a wicked invader. Those fragrant swaths of honeysuckle are unfortunately growing quickly larger and destroying all kinds of good things in their paths. There are many [Continue]
Perennial plants, those that live for more than one growing season, typically have short bloom periods. They may last a week or two, perhaps up to a month. The trick is to have a variety of plants in the perennial flower bed so that something is blooming all season long. Here are three plants native [Continue]