How to Grow an Eco-Friendly Balcony or Rooftop Food Garden
You have the opportunity to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions, improve your health, reduce waste, and save water, even if you live in a city....
Grow an Edible Flower Garden
Love growing vegetables and herbs, why not choose these edible flowers to grow indoors or outside? Get the most out of your garden, whether it's an...
The Amazing Flight of the Monarch Butterfly
Humans are a fickle bunch, and try as I might, they are hard to figure. Say one thing, mean another. Say one thing, find out it wasn’t true....
Solidago: 2017 Notable Native Herb
And The Winner Is…. Congratulations to the winner: Solidago has been named the 2017 Notable Native Herb by the Herb Society of America. We won’t be hearing any impressive acceptance speeches from the winner, so let me do the honors: ‘I would just like to thank the...
Native Plants: Is Your Yard Full of Aliens?
Probably. Most of the landscape plants found in local nurseries are “alien species”; they are usually non-native plants also referred to as “exotic species”. These plants can become invasive, competing with our native species and doing real damage to habitat. Now, I...
Early Bird Spring Gardening $50 Giveaway
It's never too early to start thinking about your spring garden. We have over 170 plants & herbs that will be ready for spring shipping & planting this year. In celebration of this coming spring gardening season, we're giving away a $50 shopping spree on our...
Everything You Wanted to Know About Plant Hardiness Zones (*but were afraid to ask)
You’ve Seen the Pretty Colors, on the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map So What Do They Mean? The USDA and Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum established a set of guidelines, a Zone Map, to help gardeners figure out how well a particular plant would survive the winter cold in...
Resolve to Garden in 2017
There is nothing new under the sun ~ 20 years ago, I took Dr. Andrew Weil’s advice and put myself, and my family, on a restricted ‘news diet’ to lessen the anxiety and tension of whatever was considered ‘bad news’ back then. Listening to what passes for ‘the news’...
And The Winner Is …
It’s nearly the end of 2016, and time for us to recount the highs and lows of this past growing season. We all have our areas of interest, but for me, it’s all about you …. Trends in what gardeners wanted this past growing year. Basically, what plant sold THE BEST in 2016.