Gardening Articles
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| How to Grow Bulb Onions from Transplants
Variety and Zone: There are three essential facts to keep in mind about growing bulbing onions. FIRST: the bulb will be no bigger than the top. SECOND: the top completely stops growing when the bulb begins forming. So grow as big a top as you can as fast as you can. THIRD: grow a variety adapted
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| How to Grow Potatoes
Preparing The Seed To Plant: Open all bags upon arrival and inspect the tubers. If you are unable to plant them immediately, the seed should be stored loosely in a cool, dark place. Humidity is necessary as the seed should not be allowed to dry out, consider putting the bags into a refrigerator
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| Growing Garlic
WHEN TO PLANT: Garlic survives bitterly cold winters underground (or grows frost-hardy leaves where winters are mild to moderate), grows rapidly when the weather warms in spring, and bulbs in summer.
SOIL PREPARATION: Garlic needs fertile soil with lots of organic matter so the soil remains uncompacted
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| Suet Cake Recipe for Birds
Make your own suet cakes with these recipe's!
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| Peonies
Plush peonies burst into bloom in my garden after a week of warm sun in late spring, a soft cloud of intermingled pinks, reds and whites of various shades. Their sweet fragrance is released as they nod in the breeze.
Peonies were my first introduction to perennial gardening. In spring they appeared
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| Plant combinations create colorful moods in your garden
What makes a great garden a real celebrity? You know a garden has delivered all that’s demanded by the red carpet when it is the only thing visitors want to talk about.
One sure way for your garden to grab the limelight is through color design. Your favorite color palette can evoke moods in your
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| Forcing Bulbs - Refrigerator magic
Staring into the cavernous interior of a mostly empty refrigerator can make a person think "Maybe this refrigerator is too big for two people!" But without the extra room in the fridge, several of my gardening projects would be in big trouble.
In addition to holding pounds of produce from the veggie
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| Planting Bulbs
All fall and winter long, while skies are gray and the ground is cold and quiescent, newly planted bulbs can be setting the stage for a colorful extravaganza in your garden the following spring. Select different varieties that bloom from early spring to early summer and these flowers will light up
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| Bambi Loves Breakfast
Two sweet little fawns still wearing their spots gazed at me with large, liquid eyes. Their noses twitched, testing the breeze, and their heads turned on delicate necks, back and forth between me and mother doe who stood watching warily. One of the fawns decided I was OK and advanced
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| Good Soil Prep - Key to Garden Excellence
When your soil begins to dry up in spring, grab your spade and get going: It's time to prepare your garden for planting. Most gardeners know they should put good effort into soil prep, because it's the single most important thing one can do to grow a good garden.
The goal is to improve soil
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| The garden in fall - work now for next years success - By Joyce Schillen (copyright 2004)
"It's pretty ugly right now," I apologized to a friend. An impromptu garden tour in early autumn isn't my favorite pastime, especially after a busy summer when things get away from me. My garden is not always a treat for the eyes.
No doubt about it, the time comes to tidy things up.
Cleaning
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| Fall Planting for Spring Results - By Joyce Schillen (copyright 2004)
If dreams of a riotously colorful cottage garden or sculptured beds of tidy flowers fill your imagination all summer long, don't put away your tools for the winter quite yet. Fall brings weather that's just right for bringing those dreams to life.
Cool, moist conditions in late fall
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| Organic Gardening - Alive and Well - By Joyce Schillen (copyright 2004)
Organic gardening has been around long enough now to prove it isn't just a fad. Misconceptions do exist, though, about just what "organic gardening" really is.
A check of several organic references doesn't turn up a quick and easy definition. One organic gardener I know had it
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| Raising Ravishing Roses - By Joyce Schillen (copyright 2004)
Everyone loves roses - how can you not love them? Whether they come from the florist in a bouquet, or are growing gracefully in your own garden, roses make a classic statement with their beautiful flowers and lovely fragrance.
Follow a few basic techniques and you can have ravishing roses in your
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| Made in the Shade - By Joyce Schillen (copyright 2004)
Imagine yourself sitting in the shade, cool drink in hand, feeling a breeze brush gently through your hair and wash over your summer-flushed skin. Windchimes tinkle a soft melody in harmony with songbirds, and a glowing garden rejoices in the shade all around you.
Shade gardens can be lush and lively,
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| Small Scale Gardening - By Joyce Schillen (copyright 2004)
With nothing more than the tiniest of areas, you, too, can have a garden. Small-space gardens can grow in small raised beds, along a curbway, or in containers placed on a porch, deck, patio, or a sunny spot on the sidewalk.
Helping gardeners with limited space to pursue their passion, the newer
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| Roots Down, Stems Up - Transplanting Success - By Joyce Schillen (copyright 2004)
Rows of beautiful plants on display at garden centers can take your breath away, the lush greenery and dazzling colors nearly screaming for attention. So how do you pick out the best plants and then get them off to a good start in your garden? Here are a few tips.
SELECTING PLANTS
If
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| Wild and Wonderful Wildflowers - By Joyce Schillen (copyright 2004)
I don’t know of anyone who doesn’t like wildflowers. How can you help but admire the natural gardens that Mother Nature creates without lifting a trowel or a spade? Many wildflower groupings rival even our best-planned gardens for beauty and appeal. Oregon ranks third in number
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| Dividing and Multiplying - Simple Garden Math - By Joyce Schillen (copyright 2004)
Are your perennials looking a bit overgrown? Are some of your plants making sinister overtures to their neighbors? It’s not uncommon to notice things like that occurring when gardens gain maturity. I have a dusty miller, for instance, that’s threatening to swallow up a nearby row of coral
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