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Sure, it’s tempting to call a gardening article this time of year something like “Putting the Garden to Bed” or “Autumn Cleanup”, but I’m going to instead go with a theme of “Winter Interest”. I’m going to show you one of my tricks to prepare the garden to be interesting even when summer breezes . . . → Read More: Getting The Garden Ready For Winter Interest 
I knew the Asiatic lilies would be blooming soon, but even after having them for several years, I was amazed when they came through with such coordinated timing. After all, there were just a very few blooming in the last few days, then today they totally exploded with color. Here’s the back 40, as . . . → Read More: Wow – When the Asiatic Lilies Bloom, They REALLY Bloom “Lettuce” Begin – A perfect pun for what needs to be done – begin growing lettuce. I planted our lettuce seeds in two coal buckets yesterday. They are outside on our deck where bunnies can’t reach them. Lettuce is a cold weather crop. Start it now so its ready before it bolts and tastes bad. . . . → Read More: “Lettuce” Begin! I’ll be presenting “These are a Few of Our Favorite Things” at the Chicago Flower and Garden Show on Thursday at 11:30. I wasn’t planning to speak this year, but they asked me to fill in for a speaker who cancelled. There was no time to prepare a new presentation, so I opted to “rebloom” . . . → Read More: Chicago Flower And Garden Show This Week When you see a pond like this, you can’t help but say WOW! And when it’s in someone’s back yard, that is truly amazing. The next thought, of course, is WHY? I enjoy my pond, and virtually every pond owner wants a bigger pond. That’s a given. But this pond is a serious upgrade from . . . → Read More: A Big Pond Dream Comes True It took FOREVER for spring to arrive in Chicagoland, but BOOM, its suddenly here. My garden is gorgeous! Just look at how beautiful groundcovers can be in the spring… This one is creeping phlox. It will gently cascade its blooms in the spring. The alliums in the background are pretty cool too. Ok, I . . . → Read More: Lovin’ The Spring Groundcovers In the highly recommended department… Today is the day for a walk in the freshly fallen snow. We got to Busse before anyone else. Peaceful and Pristine. The woods that is. We were more like Nanook and Nanookette. . . . → Read More: Take A Hike In The New-Fallen Snow I fought a battle against springtime invasive plants. Now another war has been waged against those that raise their battle flag in summer. This time its ditch daylilies and garlic chives. They have got to go. Here you see my ditch daylilies right where they belong…in the garbage can. Ditch daylilies with tri-color . . . → Read More: The War With Invasive Plants Continues Yes, there has been a change over the years in my gardening philosophy. Beautiful isn’t enough. Well-behaved is required. My phlox have failed miserably in the well-behaved category. They have been expanding and had now gone well beyond acceptable. Note I said ‘were’ as I have literally spent days extracting them from my large garden. . . . → Read More: The Invasives Have to Go Join me at the Chicago Flower and Garden Show for ‘These are a Few of Our Favorite Things’. I’ll be presenting on Friday, March 24th, at 11 AM. Managing the seminars on-site at past shows has given me a unique opportunity to attend MANY seminars. It is just one of the ways I have been . . . → Read More: ‘Favorite Things’ Presentation at the Chicago Flower and Garden Show |
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