To the beginning gardener, the idea of tucking plants under cover in the fall may seem a natural and desirable way to keep them warm during winter. But the gardener soon learns that it is not cold that does the most damage to perennial plants, but unseasonable warmth. This, of course, does not apply to …
When I hear the words garden fabric, I think landscape fabric, the black cloth underlayment used in my xeriscaping, and the material my mom used to used in the vegetable garden every year. I’ve discovered that the term ‘garden fabric’ is loosely used and has multiple meanings depending on personal experience after I recently I …
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When I first started gardening, I was a home renter and was very protective of my babies, (I mean plants) and therefore always kept them in pots so they could go with me whenever I moved. I was the ultimate patio garden gardener, and through the years (and multiple moves), some of my plants were adopted …
A few years back I had still never overwintered my geraniums before, although I had watched my mother tenderly taking care of her tender potted plants each fall. I also vividly remember that as soon as the frost threatened to hit, my classroom windows were plied with pots of the popular plant throughout elementary school …
I have lived in a few different states and have covered my fair share of planting zones when it comes to gardening, and one thing they have all had in common is that there is always a little (or a lot) of winter preparation to consider as the seasons begin to change.Nothing is worse than …