Here are my all-time favorite gardening books, in no particular order. I am going to put a brief description of the book, why I like it, and how it has benefited me! I’m going to take it as a sign of experience that I have so many of the old editions! I have linked to […]
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Making Notes in the Fall for Winter Garden Research
In the middle of winter, we long for our gardens. It seems like the only thing to do is either dream as we look through catalogs and books, plant things too early in the greenhouse, or break shovels in the frozen ground. Instead, we should spend some time each fall planning for what we want […]
22 Tips for Weeding in Real Life Gardens
Photos of other people’s gardens can be inspiring. Or depressing. Either they manage to make one view weed free, they photoshop it, or they have full time help with weeding. This is not real life for most people. Even in the showcase gardens I have visited around the world, that DO have a full time […]
How to Keep Weeding in Your Garden to a Bare Minimum
Figuring out how to weed your garden is like being married. Everyone’s relationship with their garden is different and the bottom line is you get out of it what you put into it. But, just like a marriage, even though it takes energy, you want it to be directed energy and as fun as possible. […]
My Categories of Invasive or Easy to Grow Plants in My Idaho Garden
I recently wrote an article for the D&B Supply blog about how to decide whether or not a plant is invasive in your own yard. In it I mention a few plants along the way, as examples, but I thought I’d go ahead and make a more thorough list of categories of vigorous, easy to […]