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Harding off seedlings
If you started seeds late winter or early spring, you need to harden them off before transplanting them into the garden. Seedlings have been coddled with the right heat, light, and little breeze. It...
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Aquilegia, Columbine
Columbine has a light, airy flower shaped like a comet or a star burst. Such a whimsical nature is fitting for this short lived woodland perennial (Because it is short lived, it is often classified as...
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Garden Spring Cleaning!
Spring has sprung in my garden. The crocus are blooming, there is a tinge of green in the rose bush stems, strawberries are trying to leaf, and spring bulbs are showing some height. Soon the...
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Spring and Remembering Your Garden
Ok, Ok, so this past weekend was nutso-ville here in Chicago. The weather literally changed from sun, to wind and rain, to blizzard, and back to eerie sun while being way too cold on Saturday. Then,...
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Starting New
This weekend, I had the pleasure of working on a parkway garden with Sonya and Amour. This spot will be enjoyed by everyone that passes by the house. The parkway was full of grass and weeds, so our...
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Rainy Days
It is a rainy, Spring day here in Chicago. The last thing you want to do is go out in the garden and step on the wet soil. Soil that is saturated with rain gets compacted easily. Our soil is alive....
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Winter Help Part 2: Visualizing Spring
Here it is, the end of January, and I can’t stop thinking about Spring. Undoubtedly, the 60 degree day we had on Saturday has something to do with it. I start wondering how large the crocus clumps...
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Cold Snap
I’m a weather watcher. It is one of the first things I do each morning, and as Spring starts creeping in, I always take note of the upcoming highs and nighttime lows. To my dismay, I saw that this...
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Great Year for Tulips
The one good thing that comes from a cool, damp Spring is a long tulip season. I was really quite pleased. If it gets too hot, they just poop out and are done in a day; but this year, I had tulips...
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Everyone is Gardening!
With our lockdowns comes a bit of anxiety and the unknown. Some people go to extremes with their fear and start to hoard household items or common grocery goods. None of that is going to make you feel...
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