There’s lots to consider when planning a vegetable garden, any gardener who has one can tell you. But one important aspect that might not make the garden to do list is adding ‘friends’. Adding friends (or what’s sometimes called companion planting) isn’t something you do so the plants have someone to share a laugh with [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Even Plants Need Friends
Posted in Gardening Tips, tagged aphids, cabbage, caterpillars, maragolds, nasturtiums, organic gardening, pest control, pesticide free, tomatos, vegetable gardens on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Depth of a Clematis
Posted in Gardening Tips, tagged clematis, planting clematis, root ball, vines on March 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
No luck with growing Clematis last year? Did your attempt at covering up the neighbors ugly fence result in something that looked more like a washed up, dried out lump of sea weed then an actual plant? The depth of the planting hole might have had something to do with it. The root ball of [...]
Gardening Quote
Posted in Gardening Quotes, tagged apple, garden quote, orchard, quote, seed, Welsh Proverb on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb