Moving and Dividing Perennials That Don't Wan...
For some perennials, it is especially difficult to move or divide them. You plant them, they thrive, then you decide ...
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How To Make A Tussie Mussie or Nosegay
A tussie mussie or nosegay is a small bouquet of scented herbs and flowers. For centuries, going back to Elizabethan ...
How to Create Your Own Cutting Garden
Have you ever thought of creating a garden composed of flowers grown with the express purpose of being cut for floral...
Landscape Design: Creating Steps in the Landscape
The steps I put in leading down to the pond and stream are made of wood. I chose to make wood steps because the cost...
What's The Difference Between Geraniums and P...
I've often heard that the showy, sun loving plants we call geraniums, are actually not geraniums but are pelargoniums...
Tips To Achieve A Beautiful Garden in Mid Summer ...
I’ve heard it said that it’s easy to have a fabulous garden in the spring, but having a fabulous garden in the middle...
Join With Other Gardeners to Create Pathways for ...
Watching the hummingbirds at my feeder is always a joy. Being in the Northeast I get ruby-throated hummingbirds, the ...
What causes good years and bad years for flowerin...
Last year the ornamental cherry tree on my property had the most glorious blooms and this year it didn’t. The same wi...
A Tribute to Mom Who Gave Me a Love of Gardening ...
My mother is a vigorous lifelong gardener with a variety of gardens on her property in Sharon, CT in the northwester...
Here's How to Create Beautiful Containers
Reprinted and Revised from an earlier story in Curious Gardener I learned about the container gardening concept of "T...
Turning Dandelions Into Wine Starts With the Pick...
Dandelions are highly unappreciated. Lovers of emerald-green lawns may have them in their cross-hairs, but these gold...
Womanswork Garden Quiz: Test Your Garden Knowledg...
Can you answer these 19 True/False and multiple choice questions? Most of the questions come from information in prev...