 Gardening
Last Updated: November 6, 2008 at 5:59 PM PST
Featured Plant: Aloe Vera - Multi-Purpose Desert Plant, Houseplant or Medicinal Plant. At some point everyone tries their hand at growing aloe vera. Its not the prettiest of plants, but the medicinal qualities of the sticky gel inside those plump leaves...
Posted On: November 6, 2008 at 5:59 PM PST
Question of the Week: Will Row Covers Protect My Plants from Frost Damage? Row covers are a quick and easy way to extend your growing season by a couple of weeks. Row Covers, sometimes referred to as Floating Row Covers, are lightweight...
Posted On: November 5, 2008 at 5:19 PM PST A Toast to this Seasons Harvest Pairing Wine with Vegetables Im an unabashed vegetable lover and even on Thanksgiving, meat is just an accompaniment to my veggies. This year, instead of matching your wine to your Turkey, choose a...
Posted On: November 5, 2008 at 12:38 AM PST
Preserving the Harvest. Make Every Last Fruit & Vegetable Count. If you haven't pickled, canned, frozen or otherwise preserved the lushness of this season's fruits, vegetables and herbs, it's not too late to make some treats to enjoy this winter....
Posted On: November 3, 2008 at 5:51 PM PST I was raking under the maple tree in my front yard the other day and happened to notice that the Epimedium I had planted there about 5 years ago was...
Posted On: November 2, 2008 at 5:08 PM PST
Take a Little Time to Winterize Your Trees Most of us dont give our trees a second thought, unless something looks wrong. Unfortunately once you see the symptom of a problem with your tree, its probably too...
Posted On: November 1, 2008 at 6:09 PM PDT November in the GardenA Regional Gardening Guide for November November is when any similarity between gardening zones ceases to be. Some of you are just moving into your temperate, gentle garden season and others will have almost no garden...
Posted On: October 31, 2008 at 6:18 PM PDT
If I had to pick just one herb to grow, it would probably be thyme. Thyme is a hard herb to describe taste-wise, because it can mimic and complement...
Posted On: October 30, 2008 at 6:01 PM PDT Gardening Question of the Week: Should I be Doing Something to Protect My Roses for the Winter? Since most roses are grafted, they can need some extra TLC to make it through the vagaries of winter, like cold, harsh winds, ground that freezes and thaws... and freezes...
Posted On: October 29, 2008 at 6:12 PM PDT
Centerpieces and Arrangements from the Fall Landscape I've always thought that fall was the easiest season to decorate. There are such beautiful colors and textures and almost everything is dried and everlasting. Even a bouquet...
Posted On: October 28, 2008 at 6:01 PM PDT Choosing a Pumpkin to Carve or for Pi(e). Maybe its just my memories of Cinderellas coach, but pumpkins always look to me like theyre about to come to life. They have a real fairy tale quality about...
Posted On: October 27, 2008 at 6:01 PM PDT
Protecting Plants from Winter Deer Browsing Im getting ready to fence in the plants that need protection for the winter. My blueberries get eaten to the ground, if I dont enclose them. The same...
Posted On: October 26, 2008 at 6:27 PM PDT Are Houseplants Good Feng Shui? It was my dislike of clutter that first got me reading about feng shui. More to the point, it was an excuse to push me to get rid of...
Posted On: October 24, 2008 at 6:01 PM PDT
Featured Plant: Brussels Sprouts There arent many good things to say about the first frost. There are usually several false alarms, where you run outside in the dark and cover all your tender...
Posted On: October 23, 2008 at 6:01 PM PDT Gardening Question of the Week: When Can You Use Wood Ash and Sawdust in the Garden? dsl6625 was given some bags of pine sawdust and asked how long sawdust needs to compost before its garden ready? I cant really give a length of time. ...
Posted On: October 22, 2008 at 6:01 PM PDT
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