Have you secured your gardening plans?  Weather allowing, Mother’s Day weekend marks the traditional time to plant annual…

Perennial plants rule during the early months of spring, the unseasonably warm weather in zone 4 has ignited…

Spring is here and it has sparked the arrival of some of my favorite flowering perennials. Lilac (Syringa…

    Water conservation efforts are needed in zone 4, the lack of inadequate snow and rainfall has…

In zone 4 we are experiencing an unusually dry end to the winter season, and with spring just…

Begonia Oblique is a member of the Begoniaceae plant family. Although it has perennial origins, I prefer to…

Ageratum Conyzoides is an easy to grow annual flower that is native to Tropical America.  This plant is…

Give your seeds the start they need by implementing grow lights. Grow lights are not a substitution for…

Implementing mulch to your garden’s landscape is one way to optimize your growing conditions.    Mulch helps to retain…