Archive for January 2008
Serbian bellflower — January 29, 2008
Serbian bellflower is a low-growing campanula that grows well in almost any garden soil except poorly drained clay.
Overwatering house plants — January 29, 2008
Overwatering house plants is just as bad as underwatering them. How do you tell if your plants are overwatered?
Confine your twine — January 22, 2008
If you’re tired of chasing that runaway ball of twine, perhaps it’s time you tried this trick.
Frost crack — January 22, 2008
Frost cracks occur in trees during winter when the sun heats the sap enough to cause it to flow through the trunk.
Design with curved line — January 15, 2008
The lines used in the garden greatly impact the mood of the space.
Gypsy moth — January 15, 2008
Gypsy moth is a major pest in the Eastern United States and Canada, but it is moving west.
White ash — January 8, 2008
More than just a fast-growing tree (1 to 2 feet per year), white ash has a lot of other things going for it.
Stinkhorn fungus — January 8, 2008
It might look like an alien life form, but it’s just a stinkhorn fungus, either an elegant stinkhorn (Mutinus elegans) or a dog stinkhorn (Mutinus caninus).
Video: Recycling Christmas trees — January 1, 2008
Christmas is over and it’s time to take down the tree. You could just throw it away, but why not recycle it and use it out in the garden?
Crabgrass — January 1, 2008
Like all annual weeds, crabgrass sprouts in spring, matures, sets seed and dies the same year.
