Archive for the 'Plants' Category
Remove Grass Burns
Jaime Derringer
Uh-oh, your once lush, green lawn has gone to the dogs. Literally.
Usually, as creatures of habit, pets tend to choose the same spots in which to relieve themselves, causing a problem for your lawn: round yellow or brown spots, usually called burns. These spots are caused by h…
Fragrance in the Garden
Scents for all seasons.
One of my sweetest childhood memories involves fragrance. We had an old lilac bush growing at the front door and every spring my mother would allow me to pick a bunch of flowers to bring indoors. This was after I took it upon myself one year to cut off every flower he…
Growing Up: Vertical Gardens
For gardeners short on space, plantable walls have become the latest piece of horticultural real estate to obsess over.
With careful plant selection and some degree of effort to get the infrastructure and irrigation right, vertical gardens are springing up in unlikely places around the world. H…
The Daily Fix: Repair a Torn Garden Hose
Don’t let a garden hose tear get you all tangled up. Photo: Corbis Images
So you’re out in your yard watering your plants or washing the car, when you notice there’s water coming out of your garden hose — from a spot other than the nozzle.
You’re bound to find holes and tears in your garden …
5 Tips for Planting a Succulent Garden
Caring for succulents large or small is easier than you think. Photo: Debra Lee Baldwin
With these professional tips, growing a succulent garden is as easy as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5!
Succulents are wonderful little plants, but I’ve always thought that you could only have a succulent garden if you live…
10 Spring Gardening To-Dos
Is that spring growth on your azaleas and hydrangeas? Is that a bud you see on your apple tree? (OMG!)
You don’t need to be a professional gardener like Gertrude Jekyl to have wonderful flowers and healthy foliage in your garden this year. What you do need is energy, the correct information a…
How to Grow Chives
Five reasons to grow chives. In my gardening life, whether it has been on windowsills, in the ground or on a terrace, I have never been without chives. Here’s why: 1. Chives are hardy. They will not die on you, no matter how horrid the winter. Come early spring, they will be peaking above t…