Not every plant in your garden can be a show stopper. Kit tells us about one of her favorite bridesmaids –the Crocosmia, in this Absentee Gardener column in the Blowing Rocket.
Articles
Keeping a Garden Journal
Memory fades and plants get lost without a record of what’s happened. Our Blowing Rocket article extols the benefits of keeping records of your garden activities.
Importance of Own-Root Roses
Not all roses are rooted equally. Our article in the Blowing Rocket advocates for selecting roses grown on their own roots.
Proper Use of Garden Chemicals
Reaching for garden chemicals implies accepting responsibility for their proper use. Here are some basic points to follow when you decide to use chemicals in your garden –published in the Blowing Rocket.
Gardening at 65 MPH
North Carolina gardeners face some tough challenges and Don Lee may head up one of the best group of gardeners in our state. You can read the entire story online at the Blowing Rocket.
Absentee Gardeners in the Highlands
Kit Flynn and I have combined our forces and now have a gardening column in the Blowing Rocket and Mountain Times Happy to be writing in North Carolina’s high lands!
Shop the Pot
You can’t create a wonderful garden with bad plants. How a plant was grown dictates how you should water and fertilize it during the first month as it adapts to your garden. My article, appearing in the March/April issue of Triangle… Read More ›
Today at Art in Bloom
I spent the morning at the NC Museum of Art to watch the installation work for Art in Bloom (April 7-10). Floral designers, museum volunteers, and staff were hard at work creating amazing displays for this weekend’s event. I got… Read More ›
The Fleetingness of Desirability
Desirability can be a fleeting. Some plants once loved and sought after can find themselves consigned to history’s trash heap. In this article, published in the Durham county Master Gardener newsletter, I explore sacred herbs of the medieval Anglo-Saxons. Plants… Read More ›
Protect the Drinking Water Falling on Your Garden
While access to clean drinking water is a basic need, protecting it seems like a task too big for me to tackle on my own. I do, however, have complete control over what happens to the rain that falls on… Read More ›
