I like to place blame elsewhere as much as anyone else. But sometimes one of my plants takes a dirt nap, and it really wasn’t me. It’s was plant. Really. The Perennial Plant Association promotes gardening success stories annually by naming one – almost fool proof plant – it’s perennial plant of the year.
We all are enjoying our seed catalogs. They are great references, but their seed descriptions are designed to sell seeds. Here’s great information about tomatoes straight from objective experts to help you decide which varieties to grow this year. PSU extension officer, Steve Bogash has overseen the growing hundreds of varieties of tomatoes under tightly controlled trial conditions including the Landisville Research Farm in PA.
Want to make your favorite gardening fanatic smile on Christmas? Some thoughts on how to make that happen.
Gardeners build fences to keep them out. Wives tales tell us the plant eating critters will leave if you do stuff like put moth balls in their burrows. Some of us try to trap and relocate them. One wired gardener, tries to solve his groundhog problem through Craigslist and Myspace.
Intrinsically, gardening is creating beauty and enriching your surroundings. The surprise is that your emotional and social life is enriched as well. To mark my first Garden Writers Symposium, I post my first gardening column courtesy of the Harrisburg Patriot-News.
I admired her for a number of reasons, not the least of which is her role as a reminder not to become overly sentimental about “nature.”
In the midst of this season’s oddness and challenge, I’ve heard bits of good news and anecdotes that explain why gardeners will excitedly grow tomatoes next year.
It’s a quest for that great tomato flavor.
The majority of Pennsylvania’s native snakes are harmless and beneficial to gardeners. Chances of encountering a venomous species in your yard or garden are very remote. Naturalist Jack Hubley will be at Meadowood Nursery Saturday June 27th.
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Diggin' the Natives – May Apple
by Wendy Brister · February 16, 2010
Podophyllum peltatum, May Apple is one of our wonderful native spring ephemerals – and it’s not so little you need stand right on top of it.