This summer has been a challenge in the yard and garden. I’ve given supplemental water to plants that I’ve never had to water in 21 years, and I’ve gotten lots of exercise walking between the rain barrels and the garden. There are several strategies you can use to help your garden through the toughest times. [Continue]
Some prescriptions come with a warning that you should stay out of the sun while taking the medication because the drug makes you more sensitive to sunburn. This is called photosensitivity or phototoxicity. There are plants in the wild and even in your own garden that you may inadvertently touch that do the same thing. [Continue]
Isn’t it funny how you can have absolutely no interest in an entire group of plants and then you look at one of them one day and suddenly your interest is sparked? In my case, it happened with ferns.. There have been some ferns growing on the east side of my garage since we moved [Continue]