Come spring, I’m going to plant flowers. Everywhere I go, flowers will be sitting in displays, like packages of candy magnetically pulling the money out of a child’s pocket. Only, in this case, I am the child. But I know that I can grow many flowers from seed. Now, if I wait and try to […]
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Flowers at the Feet of Vegetables
Get ideas from my successes and failures in interplanting flowers with vegetables – Last year I experimented with including many more flowers in with my vegetable garden. I wanted the color without giving up much space, so I tried to choose flower – vegetable combinations that shared space well. For instance, I planted zinnias to […]
3 Ways to Find Flowers that Bloom in Late July in Idaho
There are a lot of fun flowers that love the heat of Idaho in July. If you are disappointed with your mid to late summer flower gardens, I have 3 recommendations for you: Whenever you drive around town, look at other people’s yards. Don’t be afraid to take photos. If the gardener is home, I […]
The flowers that bloom in the … winter, tra la!
Thank you, Gilbert and Sullivan – now back to our correspondent in Taipei. I know its not the bleak, mid winter yet, but I’m having a hard time getting concerned at all. The weather does seem a bit unsettled, if you call vacillating between balmy mid to upper 70s and somewhat chilly, drizzly mid 60s […]
Everyone’s Garden Looks Great Except Mine
Does that photo tell the whole story? Great photos of well tended gardens can sooth the soul or create despair. Sometimes it seems that everyone’s garden looks great except our own. Is it true or is it an illusion? Let’s start with these facts and questions. You don’t tend to see the problems in other […]
