Aug 14, 2026 | Gardens
Some random tips for supporting butterflies: Don’t use pesticides unless you really have to. Ignore clusters aphids and other insects that are on ornamentals and aren’t eating your food. Don’t spray wholesale tick and mosquito killers. Leave native wild cherry trees –...
Aug 8, 2026 | Gardens
If your petunias aren’t looking as flower-filled and bushy as they did early in the summer, you can trim them back by 1/3 to 1/2 (sometimes more!), water them well and then give them a dose of a synthetic fertilizer. (Organic fertilizers take too long at this...
Aug 1, 2026 | Gardens
Perennial gardens need some mid-summer tending. Pulling weeds, of course. But also deadheading and editing. Pull plants that want to take over the garden…some perennials need the controlling hand of the gardener. Plants that have flowered in the spring or early...
Jul 25, 2026 | Gardens
In Italy it’s common practice to repair broken containers by drilling holes and using wire or a combination of wire and cement or other patching compound to make terracotta pots useful into the future. I have also fixed pots with waxed cord, such as the type...
Jul 24, 2026 | Gardens
Terracotta pots are fairly easy to repair if you have a drill that can make holes on both pieces. Use wire or waxed cord like this one that I use. In my opinion, these repaired pots are even more attractive than a new container.
Jul 22, 2026 | Lifestuff
We had a lovely, large purple leaf beech tree (Fagus sylvatica ‘Purpurea’) that Dan and I planted in 2010. It grew beautifully, with one minor setback when a storm took down a nearby pitch pine that broke the current leader. The tree developed another one,...
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Jul 4, 2026 | Gardens
On The Garden Lady on the Fourth of July I featured several groups of four things to keep in mind when it comes to plants FOUR THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO PLANTS Photosynthesis — Converting light energy, water, and CO₂ into sugars (glucose) and oxygen. This is the...
Jun 27, 2026 | Gardens
My Guest on The Garden Lady on June 27 was Mason Vollmer – his book made me want to plant spindle apple trees!
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