It is officially too hot to be outside and therefore, I am inside today and planning my next year’s garden. The plan centers around a bean pole teepee. You see some of my bean pole teepees in the back of
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Jacki Kellum
Time to Start Planning Next Year’s Garden – Try This Little Garden with Mini Pumpkins & Morning Glories
Cinderella Pumpkins – French Heirlooms – Inspiration for Cinderella
Cinderella Pumpkins add a bit of autumn magic to the garden. No doubt, that magic is rooted in the bezillion times that I have watched the Fairy Godmother turn a pumpkin into Cinderella’s magical carriage. Pumpkins grow in all sizes
Read moreGarden Daily – Keep Track of What Happens Each Day in Your Garden
Early this morning, I saw my first glorious pumpkin bloom, but by mid-day, the bloom had closed. That’s how pumpkin blossoms behave. Because there is no bulbous protrusion at the base of the blossom, indicating that the blossom is female,
Read moreCelebrating Color in My Cottage Garden
I enjoy several things about gardening. I like watching things grow, and I like spending time outside in nature. But I think that I get my main enjoyments from the kaleidoscopic splashes of color that are ever-changing, according to the
Read moreCreating a Cottage Garden in North America
Stephen Westcott-Gratton. Fulcrum Publishing, 2000 “The cottage garden is a profusion of flowering plants and produce, all growing together in a glorious jumble. …The push is…to make the most of every inch.” Westcott-Gratton, pg. 7. “…to achieve the abundant look,
Read moreSpotlight on Zephirine Drouhin Rose – A Nearly Perfect Pink Climber
Zephirine Drouhin Rose – Bourbon Rose from France – 1868 Jacki Kellum Garden Zephirine Drouhin [pronounced: Zeff-e-REEN Drew-HEEN] is a nearly perfect rose. It is beautiful. It climbs. It is almost disease-free. It attracts butterflies, and It produces moderately in
Read moreHow to Prune Roses
Pruning and deadheading roses is important for several roses. Remove Dead Canes – If you don’t remove dead canes, they will quickly deteriorate and will ultimately infect the entire plant. It is important to thin the canes in the
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What Is A Kitchen Garden or Potager?
I have read that as people began planting their food, as opposed to hunting and gathering for it, the first kitchen gardens began. With that in mind, we might call any place where we grow food a kitchen garden–what the
Read moreIn the Beginning, A Garden Is Pre-Determined by Its Soil: How to Amend and Compost for New Soil
During my lifetime, I have lived and gardened in several parts of the country, and in almost every place I have lived, I have been forced to amend my garden’s soil. I am currently gardening in the Ozark Mountains, where
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