I welcome you to ‘Zone 5 – Favorites on the 5th’. I post on the 5th of every month, redirecting visitors to a favorite posting relative to zone 5. Today we will travel back in time to a day when families played together. A day when a fun family activity did not require an IPOD, . . . → Read More: Zone 5 – Favorites On The 5th – You Can Make A Scarecrow With Us
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I’ve got two dahlia gardens for you to visit this September – and one is ours! September 4th – Steve Meggos will have his garden open for your viewing pleasure. September 25th – Mike and I would love to have you see our garden. September is prime time for dahlias. They haven’t really liked our . . . → Read More: Two Dahlia Gardens To Visit In September – One Is Ours! I never thought about it before, but Garden Centers need to go shopping too. I want that job! It’s kind of like being the kid who wants to own an ice cream shop when she grows up, a seemingly natural choice for an ice cream lover. Well, wouldn’t it be great to be the kid . . . → Read More: Where Do Garden Centers Go To Shop and Learn? IGC It was getting a little scary there for a while. Would the heat put an end to my garden? If not, maybe the drought would. The grass was brown, and the plants were rather sad and flowerless. The flowers that dared showed their heads were often eaten by the Japanese beetles. Still, my garden triumphed! . . . → Read More: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – August Prevails Was Destination Garden Center #1 a bit too far for you? Perhaps Destination Garden Center #2 is more in your driving range. Woodstock, Illinois is certainly closer for Chicagoans than Nashville, Indiana. I’ll sweeten the temptation by making it a twofer. You know, a twofer. Two fer the price of one. Still not enough? Then . . . → Read More: Destination Garden Center # 2 – Gardens of Woodstock and Rich’s Foxwillow Pines I welcome you to ‘Zone 5 – Favorites on the 5th’. I post on the 5th of every month, redirecting visitors to a favorite posting relative to zone 5. This month we have two bloggers looking for inspiration to fill an area vacated by a large shrub. One of those bloggers is me. The other . . . → Read More: Zone 5 – Favorites On The 5th – What To Do About A Dead Shrub I could probably be more careful when I deadhead or cut flowers to take inside. Nah, that isn’t gonna happen. I’m just as likely to cut off the bloom-to-be as I am to cut off the bloom-that was. Take the coreopsis below, for example. See the pretty flower on the right, and the one that’s . . . → Read More: How Did I Deadhead Without These Great Little Scissors? Some garden centers are worth going to just for the experience. Even if you don’t buy anything (like that would ever happen to me), you have got to see these places. The Flower and Herb Barn is one of those. Joann said that if we were going to go to Nashville, Indiana, we HAD to . . . → Read More: Destination Garden Center # 1 – The Flower and Herb Barn I can’t take credit for the picture; it came from www.owned.lv. Yep, that’s Chicagoland this summer. You may remember that I just had to have my zinnia garden back. I had one before and it was a beauty. This year’s bed will rival that one. It’s huge. 82 State Fair zinnias are bound to take up a fair piece of real estate. My niece Kathryn gave me a funny . . . → Read More: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – 82 Zinnias Is Enough For Me |
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