Last week, I told you about some of the seeds I ordered for this year’s garden. I was talking to a friend who asked me what new flowers I would be trying this year when I realized I only included one of them on last week’s list! Just in case you are a flower nut like me, here are some of my choices for 2012’s flowerbeds.
I was sitting at the dining room table yesterday, browsing through my 2012 seed catalogs. Exciting stuff! There’s so much I’m looking forward to trying this year, I thought I might let you know about some of the seeds I’ll be ordering and why I’m choosing to give them a place in my garden.
I performed a quick check of the container plants overwintering in the garage, and things are looking good!
I gave a lecture to our local Master Gardener group a week or so ago, and afterwards a small group of them approached me and asked if I have a favorite gardening book.
Many farmstead chefs take the DIY mantra beyond the confines of the kitchen into the gardens. After all, the best-tasting meals start with the freshest, perfectly ripe ingredients.
Beautiful is bountiful when you blend form and function in your gardenscape with fruiting vines.
Grow grapes in the orchard, the vineyard or the backyard to produce an abundant and beautiful fruit crop.
Try growing this exotic vine for a plant that can cover a large trellis and produce a delicious tropical fruit.
Brilliantly colored hardy kiwis (and their fuzzy counterparts) can make great vines to add to your garden.
Take your homebrewing to the next level of local by growing your own hops.
Forget your conventional green bean; try a new pole bean variety in your edible garden.
Savor delicious fruits that can be beautiful, too, by including melon varieties in your edible landscape.
