A mistake many gardeners make is planting too close or putting tall plants in front of short plants. Its easy to get confused when you purchase plants that are all about the same size. If you don’t realize that plant A will eventually exceed plant B’s size, you might just put the big one in [...]

Recently my pre-teen niece came to visit. She’s always been a picky eater, and as she approaches her teen years she’s at least tasting some new things. She never likes the new things, but at least she’s giving into my pleas to, “Come on…just one little bite. You don’t have to eat it if you [...]

Often I am asked to include an herb garden into my landscape designs, and recently a fellow blogger told me she had started an herb garden and was interested in some ideas about gardening with herbs. So….here are some starting thoughts.
Every garden should include herbs!
That’s my initial reaction. I honestly don’t know if there is [...]