Many gardeners think of fall as the time for limited blooming
and the time when the excitement of new blooms each day
with varied colors textures and shapes appearing from the
flowing plants has lessened. At the same time, flower colors
tend to move toward the yellow, orange, red end of the spectrum
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Spring means that the
garden centers are packed with people, and car trunks are
packed with plants. Everybody has dirt on their knees, dirt
under their nails, and is excited about gardening. To make
certain that this excitement yields positive results, let's
discuss the basics in this article of spring planting tips.
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We recently added a large
back yard. Toward the back of the yard is our perennial bed
and gold fish pond. There’s just an empty space between
the house and the garden with freshly sprouted grass. I stood
at the house and looked toward the pond and imagined the path
I walk to get there. If I made that path a real path it seemed
like it would add a lot to the yard. I took a rope and laid
it out where I thought the path should go.
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Sometime during the year
you will probably plant roses in your rose garden. There are
many opinions on how to do this but I will tell you what has
worked for me. First let me distinguish planting rose into
the rose garden that are dormant plants compared with those
grown in pots or containers.
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What is an "espalier"
you may be asking yourself. The term espalier has changed
over the years. Originally it defined a trellis, or a frame,
to which a tree was to be tied. It presently refers to the
process of training your tree or plant. The purpose of an
espalier is to be able to grow a tree in limited space. The
process originated with fruit trees in order to provide fruit
in small gardens and courtyards. This art is now primarily
used for decoration or privacy.
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Bonsai was first discovered over one
thousand years ago in China although it was not known as "bonsai"
back then, instead it was known as "punsai".
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What type of lawn care works best for
you depends on the time and money you decide to put into your
lawn. If your lawn is your hobby, you can spend thousands
of dollars and hundreds of hours of time on it.
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Autumn typically signals the end of home
grown vegetables from the garden, but with a little ingenuity
you can harvest garden fresh produce well into the winter
months. My Central Pennsylvania garden continues to supply
fresh vegetables during the fall and winter when most gardeners
in my growing region are content to dream about next summer’s
bounty.
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