Hire someone to grow veggies for you?
Judy Lowe | 07.23.08
I was trying to analyze why I felt annoyed with the people featured in yesterday’s story on the front page of The New York Times: A Locally Grown Diet With Fuss but No Muss. After all, it’s not as though the rich haven’t been hiring others to create and maintain gardens for them for centuries.
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The easiest flowers to grow
Judy Lowe | 07.22.08
It’s no surprise that this time of summer would find gardeners thinking of the plants that are easiest to grow. First, Beth Botts did it at the Chicago Tribune with a list of Five Plants Even You Can’t Kill. Her choices: petunia, hosta, daylily, Russian sage, and coneflower.
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Easy way to water trees right
Judy Lowe | 07.21.08
Many of the questions I get asked about gardening concern watering — how to know if a plant’s being given too much or too little water, for instance. Inquirers usually want a simple answer — “once a week” — but it’s often not that simple.
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It’s not too late to grow veggies
Judy Lowe | 07.18.08
Since spring, the news has been filled with stories about people deciding to grow their own food this year. And spring is the traditional time to start a vegetable garden. But it’s not the only time.
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Garden siteseeing in Canada
Judy Lowe | 07.17.08
Are you ready to visit Canadian gardens today? Each Thursday we temporarily exchange a trowel for a mouse, seeing what’s happening in gardens across the US and around the world. Today we’re headed northward.
