Herbs For Kitchen And Garden
UNITED STATES—Herbs might be in our garden right now, whether we are aware of it or not. Trailing rosemary happens to be a popular...
Concrete And Jungle Can Be Compatible
UNITED STATES—Concrete is one of the most common of landscape materials. There are probably more landscapes that include concrete of one form or another...
The Birds And The Bees
UNITED STATES—There is so much more to gardening than mere horticulture. There is so much more to horticulture than mere plant life. Plants get...
Naturalizing Might Be An Advantage
UNITED STATES—Of course, to the plants who do it, naturalizing is an advantage. To the rest of us, it is often a problem. The...
Overgrown Shrubbery Becomes Small Trees
UNITED STATES—Those of us with 'maintenance gardeners' are likely aware of how rare it is to find someone who knows how to maintain hedges...
Tropism Gives Plants Some Direction
UNITED STATES—When a seed germinates, the roots know that they want to go down, and the new stem knows that it wants to go...
Cultivars Are The Real Cloned Mutants
UNITED STATES—It is not science fiction. It involves neither ninjas nor turtles. Cultivars really are mutant plants that can only be propagated by cloning....
Gophers Go For Roots And Lawns
UNITED STATES—Who do they think they are?! This ain't 'Caddy Shack'! They have such attitude! Gophers move into our gardens and lawns, take what...
Hedges Are Like Green Fences
UNITED STATES—Hedges are a complicated topic! Like lawns, they are among the more functional features of a landscape. They can be used to provide...
Squash For Summer And Winter
UNITED STATES—Considering that some of the winter squash can last right through winter and into spring, there really is a squash for every season....