Pruning roses? Thorns can all out lacerate. Bugs? Encountering a ground-nest of bees while digging a new garden, can be a bummer buzz. Sunburn? That garden project took MUCH longer than it was supposed to. You might imagine gardening and plant maintenance is a walk in the park but there are things to watch out [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Diggin' the natives; Prairie Dropseed
Sporobolis heterolepsis, or Prairie Dropseed, is a fine textured native grass with late summer seed heads and fall into winter color.
Shaking up Blogger Bloom Day
No flowers were injured in the process of making these strange photos. Shake things up!
Master Gardener Garden Tour
The gardens are the personal gardens of Penn Sate Master Gardeners. Each garden is different. See a range of things from a no-mow garden to a topiary rabbit. There are herb gardens, veggie gardens and a faerie garden. Each garden also has displays with info to help you become a better gardener.
Diggin' the Natives; Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa – Butterfly Weed is this week’s native plant to dig!



What's Up With My Hydrangea?
by Erica Shaffer · June 27, 2010
Most hydrangeas flower on the wood they made last year. Which means right after it finished flowering last year, it began making flower buds, which would become this year’s flowers.