A great plant combo is key to pulling off a small garden space. Looking back on the previous year provides great insight and I get a better idea of what worked and what was just meh. Because my garden is small, full of shallow beds and tight angles, I have to really think about plant…
This isn’t a quick process, but with a little planning you can grow your own gourd birdhouse. I can see my daughter rolling her eyes right now. She’s not a fan of the little wren I’m attracting to the garden. He’s loud. Very loud. Like four-in-the-morning fog horn loud and to a teen who loves…
If you’re like me, you’ve been buried in seed catalogs for the last few weeks, completely overwhelmed by the tens of thousands of possibilities concealed within those flimsy pages. I’ve since buttoned up my orders, mostly. There may be a few more stragglers in there but for the most part it’s done and I’m really…
According to the Illinois Farm Bureau, approximately 12.6 million acres of corn were grown last year. And this year I couldn’t even grow 16. Plants that is, not acres. You know how it goes. Or maybe you don’t and it’s just me, but I envisioned ear after ear of glass gem corn long before I…
Many thanks to Colorblends for partnering with me on this post. Funny how a little critter can influence your plant choices. That’s what it’s come to these days. While many of you battle deer, I have an ongoing row with rabbits so my spring bulb selections are always made accordingly. As a result, I have…
Here’s the thing about Virginia Creeper, it gets you in trouble with your neighbors. My garden is the epicenter of the neighborhood plantdemic. How can I deny its origin when a portion of my fence is covered with it? It’s like saying you never took the cookie when your mouth is covered with crumbs. My…
