The weather outside is frightful, so time to catch up on all the gardening shows you missed. Here's some tips to get the most out of your viewing time.
Things I Love
Have you considered a broadfork?
December 6, 2021 – Posted in: Things I Love, Tools and EquipmentIf you have a large garden, consider a broadfork when you're writing up your wishlist. A broadfork is a multi-purpose tool that tackles big jobs but is easy on your back. Follow the link to learn more
Minding the Garden: Book Review
November 24, 2020 – Posted in: Book reviews, Lilactree Farm, Things I LoveMinding the Garden makes me pause and think about my own garden, bringing back memories of its beauty. It's also reassuring to see how Lilactree Farm has changed in thirty years--there's hope for my garden! This is a great book to give as a gift--or hint for this holiday season.
My Favorite New Garden Tools of 2017
December 15, 2017 – Posted in: Things I Love, Tools and EquipmentTwo tools I got this year really saved my bacon. They just made the job at hand so much easier, and a couple of projects I thought were going to take weeks only took a few days. Oh, yeah, and I managed to get an amaryllis to rebloom for Christmas.
There Is No Bad Weather–Only Inadequate Clothing
December 1, 2017 – Posted in: Garden chores, Things I Love, Tools and EquipmentIf you want to enjoy those last days of gardening before the soil either freezes over or gets buried in snow, you need to have "adequate clothing"--clothing you might not immediately think of as gardening duds. Read on to learn what I wear when the weather is bad--I mean, challenging.
Garden Gifts to Hint For
December 2, 2016 – Posted in: Book reviews, Things I LoveI'm not going to pretend that you have a dozen gardeners in your life that you need to get gifts for. We all know these "gift guides" are to help your non-gardening loved ones know what to get you, and since they're not gardeners they're not reading this blog, are they? So you need to [...]
How To Get A Coupon Code For P. Allen Smith’s Gift Shop
November 25, 2014 – Posted in: Things I LoveWhile we're on the subject of gifts--you may remember that I visited P. Allen's Moss Mountain Farm back in May. One of the things I shared with you was this quirky bud vase pictured above, currently displaying autumn-blooming Crocus speciosus. Well, you don't have to visit Moss Mountain Farm to shop at the gift shop [...]
Should Gardeners Wear Jewelry?
November 25, 2014 – Posted in: Things I LoveShould gardeners wear jewelry? Not while they're gardening. Not if they're smart. At least, they shouldn't wear dangly trinkets that could get caught while the gardener is leaning over weeding, pruning, or digging. But of course, there are plenty of other times when wearing jewelry is perfectly acceptable, such as garden club meetings, plant swaps, [...]
How To Turn A Bunch Of Plants Into A Garden: A Bench From Teak Closeouts
November 6, 2014 – Posted in: Hardscaping and Projects, Things I LoveWhat turns a bunch of plants into a garden? The area pictured above was just a scrubby patch of woods when we moved in. Two trees were removed. (You can see the stump of one of them under the little table.) Then I pulled or cut numerous tree seedlings, and carefully pruned the sapling behind [...]
Why Your Next Garden Hose Should Be Flexzilla
August 21, 2014 – Posted in: Things I Love, Tools and EquipmentThe last time you went shopping for a garden hose, were you bewildered by all the choices? Did you wonder if the claims about durability and not kinking were really true? At the Garden2Blog event hosted by P. Allen Smith, I was introduced to a garden hose that truly is different--Flexzilla. Flexzilla was part of [...]
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