Bloom

One of our favorite gifts , good for the gardener, for anyone with a green thumb, or just about anyone else that you love and care for is a tree. Perpetual ways to honor someone exist in the Plant a tree for them method of saying you care. When my mother passed away unexpectedly in Au...

There are many different types of bulbs we can grow both indoors and out. Bulbs blooming indoors during the hard frosty weather of winter are particularly welcome. Many types of spring bulbs can be forced indoors so that they will bloom in winter. There are even special bulbs whose main...

One of the most important aspects of successfully landscaping a yard or garden, particularly a smaller garden, is choosing your plants. If the garden itself is the meal, then the colors and the textures are the flavors that mingle in that "meal". Successfully landscaping a small gard...

Remember when terrariums were popular? Mid seventies and everyone had one. Those who didn't have one, wanted one. Those same terrariums which were popular back them, have not only made a comeback but a strong one. They are easy to build, easy to maintain, look striking in a living room ...

Water gardens are thought of as notoriously difficult to accomplish, hard to maintain and taking a lot of space to build. The reality is that they can be done on a smaller scale nearly as easily as a larger one. A water gardencan take up a small spot in your yard, just a corner of it it if...

When you are out walking in the wood or the fields, there is a great way of drying what you picked up along the way.This old faithful is particularly good for drying yellow or white flowers such as dogwood or yellow roses. More useful than you may know is the old tried and true favorite ...

Broccoli is a pretty easy vegetable to grow. A member of the same family as cabbage, cauliflower and brussels sprouts, broccoli like cooler weather and tends to flower, bloom and go to seed too early if it is in full sun or too hot weather, so its perfect for an area that is shaded part of...

Growing native is a simple way to minimize your labor in the garden as well as draw in native animals and birds., From the desert to the prairie, to the northeastern or northwestern alpine forests, you can plant native and get a great look that takes so much less effort for you. In add...

Rock Gardens are modeled on the high mountain terrain, where you will find colonies of wildflowers, alpine blooms and bushes thriving on the cool sunny dry slopes of the mountain side. (more...)...

Native plants are a wonderful choice for your landscaping project regardless of whether you have a tenth of an acre, or twenty acres in the country, because they seem to have a resonance that is lacking in the less natural landscaping projects. (more...)...

A butterfly garden is not necessarily a big endeavor, nor does it take a vast amount of space. You can have a small nook in the back of a larger garden, or can take a small yard and use the whole thing to lure in the butterflies to your yard. (more...)...

Medieval gardens were a source of pleasure and also were utilitarian being the main source of fresh fruits and vegetables for the castle or homes occupants. Walking gardens in the castle or manor grounds were common in ancient times, and using a bit of imagination, we can emulate what the...

A Rock garden is a unique way of capturing both the imagination and the senses with its interesting combination in scents and textures.  They grow well in smaller spaces so a rock garden is perfect for a corner of your yard, or for a small yard.  They take a bit less care when placed cor...

Window boxes are bright and cheery, old world ways to dress up the outside of your house, but did you know they also can brighten up the inside, as well as being useful to grow smaller bulbs, keep winter herbs and flowering plants to cheer the winter months? (more...)...