It’s a new year, 2021, and it’s time to plan for the garden. Spring is almost here! Continue […]
Category Archive: Gardens and Management
Before we write off 2020 as a year to forget, I’d like to point out that it was a pretty good year for North Carolina gardeners. Beyond welcoming new gardeners who joined our ranks as stay-at-home orders turned our collective attention inward, I’ll remember 2020 as a gardening season that didn’t require me to stand endlessly hand-watering thirsty plants. Continue reading on The Local Reporter...
New gardeners inevitably ask us: Why does the horticultural world insist upon inflicting an ersatz Latin upon us? […]
When Kit moved to North Carolina from New York in 1992, she knew very little about gardening. Gardening […]
Alas, Kit is subjected to garden manias. During the years she has suffered through many of these obsessions: […]
Kit makes a supreme effort to keep pesticides and herbicides where they belong: on the shelves of the […]
As we slip from summer into fall, my garden looks different. New flowers are taking the stage as […]
Every garden has to have an aim attached to it – otherwise it simply doesn’t make sense. A […]
Soon, the weather will transition from one season to the next. It’s too hot outside to be enjoying […]
Gardening is local: what works in your garden may, or may not, work in ours. Successful gardeners persevere, […]