Years ago I fell in love with cottage style gardening. Through stacks of good books, a few favorite blogs and YouTube channels, I nurtured that love and learned a whole heck of a lot about the topic. Like any other garden anglophile, I developed a crush on Monty Don and began watching Gardener’s World. I…
It is easy and understandable to feel burnt out on gardening by this point in the year, which is unfortunate since it’s the ideal time to be out there harvesting. Whether it’s the hot sun, the pesky bugs, the endless weeding or too much summer…
Summer is the time when my Potager garden really shines. While the cottage gardens in front of the house hit their peak in May, in explosions of pastel pinks and purples, summer flowers in the Potager tend to pack a bit more of a punch.…
Do you ever walk out into your garden and feel a sense of defeat? Too many weeds. Bug holes in all your plants. Spent blooms waiting to be deadheaded. Empty spaces needing life but the bank account says no. So much work and so little…
Dahlias. They’re everywhere. Since Floret rocketed them to popularity over the last decade, you can hardly open up the Internet without seeing a dahlia somewhere. And for good reason! They are beautiful, come in a wide range of shapes and colors, and hold up super…
One of the reasons I love to write about gardening is because most of the time, there is really no “wrong” way to do things. When you plant a garden, you can use a myriad of different methods and still end up with a stellar…
Weeds. They’re everywhere. We all face them. Noxious weeds, invasive weeds, weeds that choke out beneficial plants and weeds that must be pulled. Ever notice that positive words are hardly ever used alongside the term “weeds?” Today we’re going to dive into all things weeds.…
Everybody loves Spring flowers. They are a reassurance that Winter is over, Spring is on its way and there will be sun, warmth and LIFE again. The only thing about Spring flowers is that some of them are here today, GONE tomorrow. Here’s a few…
It’s no mystery to me why gardening rose to the top of list of new hobbies acquired during the Covid years. Aside from all of the many benefits, I think it’s SUPER fun! But in case you need to be reminded why digging in the…