What Power Tools Can Do for You in the Garden
Gardening is fun and should be kept that way. Gone are the days when chores like preparing the soil, mowing the lawn, trimming the hedge, cutting off the whiskers around
Gardening is fun and should be kept that way. Gone are the days when chores like preparing the soil, mowing the lawn, trimming the hedge, cutting off the whiskers around
Martins and tree swallows are friendly birds that like people. They feed while on the wing, eating thousands of flies, mosquitoes, moths, and many other insects. We should do everything
I have a small fruit garden, which means more to me than a big orchard. But, at certain times of the year, it is as delightful to look at as
Dwarf fruit trees, which have been grown for hundreds of years in Europe, are becoming more and more popular in this country today. Since the trees are small in size,
My garden has grown as its plants grow — quietly, gradually, and unassumingly. It was started as most gardens are begun — by owners of newly acquired houses. During the
Why do we see so few tastefully planted houses when so much desirable plant material is available? All too often, foundation plantings leave something to be desired or detract from
The open season for “Garden Days” returns to delight hundreds of people and, incidentally, to secure financial aid for all sorts of worthy causes. Of those who take advantage of
Growing of flowers in boxes for display on window sills, porches, balconies, or terraces has been practiced for several thousand years, but it’’s not conventionalized as most people seem to
Opaque walls have given way to transparency in most of today’s houses. Outdoors, banks, if any, have given way to walls of brick or stone or ledges, broken by flights
A full four months of azalea bloom may sound like a gardener’s tall tale. But it becomes a fact when there is a discriminating choice of native azalea species to