Why can’t things be more like a Ronco Rotisserie? You know the kind. “Set it and forget it.” Simply set the timer, walk away, and hours later your masterpiece, in this case a chicken, is juicy and ready to eat. The garden equivalent for a weary gardener would be one where every plant in your…
I’m not sure why this hasn’t occurred to me until now, perhaps it’s because I’m spending so much more time in the vegetable garden. Truth is, and I’m embarrassed to admit it, I’ve never really paid much attention to flowers in the vegetable garden. At least not until this year. I’ve been so focused on…
Direct sowing flower seeds is about the easiest and most budget friendly way to get a mass of flowers all season long with very little effort. It’s incredible just how much you get from a tiny $3 pouch of seeds. And I think it’s a great way for a new gardener to get their feet…
Every once in a while, I surprise myself. As I was looking back at last year’s garden, I found this shot of my driveway garden and thought, “Hey, that’s pretty good!” I don’t do that as often as I should. The driveway garden is a miserably hot place and since I’m not the most reliable…
The new plant wish list is getting longer in my garden notebook. I also keep an updated one in the notes section of my phone just in case I happen to pass a garden center this spring. Who am I kidding? I write of it as though it’s a possibility when the reality is I…
All opinions are my own. I was not compensated to promote any of the following products. So you have a gardener on your shopping list and no clue what to get them. I have some ideas. All have been tested in my garden for at least a few seasons. You’ll see from the pictures that…
