Planting Ideas From Two Bark Yards

Planting Ideas

Nowadays, when small homes are popular, space is at a premium, and every tree and shrub introduced into the planting scheme plays an important role. The proper placing of each

Let’s Preserve Our Parks

Preserve the Parks

Because our public parks and gardens are a vital part of our national life, their maintenance and preservation is an indispensable necessity.  In support of this theme, the Arnold Arboretum

Moving Time For Your Shrubs

Moving Time for Shrubs

The spring season is overcrowded with gardening work, and the soil remains wet and cold for a long time in some years.  By contrast, in most years, the Fall period

Best Roses For Amateurs

Best Roses

Do you want to add more roses to your present planting? Are you contemplating a new rose garden, or do you just love roses and want to plant a few

Country Garden Past And Present

Country Garden

It should be called “OUR GARDEN” because my wife’s contribution to it is no mean thing. For almost 15 years, we were in the habit of bragging that year in

Good Compost No Mess Compost Bin

Good Compost Bin

There’s hardly a gardener, I’m sure, who would deny that having a ready supply of compost is ideal. Here’s how to make a compost bin. Compost Bin Idea The idea

What To Plant In Autumn

Planting in Autumn

Fall is a good time to plant. The pleasant weather tempts one to be outside. Moisture conditions are usually good.  Should spring planting be delayed by cold, wet weather, many

A Stroll Through Garden Stores

Garden Stores

Everybody likes to take a busman’s holiday now and then. For me, that’s visiting the folks who sell garden tools. I recently took a day off just to do that

Special Tulips

Special Tulips

The species tulips are the early birds of tulip-dom, gay and beautifully different. The tulip parade usually starts with Tulipa kaufmanniana, the waterlily tulip. This charming species grows about eight

Freshen Indoor Decor With Dwarf Fruit Trees

Dwarf Fruit Trees

The airy and graceful presence of diminutive green trees will lend freshness to any decor.  Combine this pleasant atmosphere with the novelty of fruit and flowers, and you have a