Welcome to the second installment of the Winter Blooms, the Helleborus niger. The Helleborus niger is commonly known as the Christmas Rose and if you are looking for a plant to enjoy during the winter months, then this is the plant for you.  Not only does it bloom in Winter but it also loves to [...]

Have you ever gone into a garden center and seen those beautiful hanging baskets that are filled to overflowing with beautiful blooms.  I’m sure you have, and I am sure that you have seen the price tag on them. These beautiful baskets can run you up to a hundred dollars, sometimes more and if you [...]

Right now, as I look out onto my front patio, I can see a squirrel sitting on top of my box planter, which is a permanent patio fixture, and happily chewing on something from the cache that he stashed there in the fall. It isn’t a big deal, at least right now since the planter [...]

If you have ever read any of my articles involving activities with my children, you will probably be aware that I am a huge fan of backyard science.  I love all the things that you can find in a backyard and there are a thousand and one things that you can find in a yard.  [...]

There are many different types of fertilizers on the market and it can be a little expensive to purchase the various blends that are available.  Not only that but it can be a little daunting to figure out what the best fertilizer is. To save your nerves and to create your own wonderful blend of [...]

Every year, well after Christmas and still a ways from Easter, there is a holiday fit into the whole scheme of things that indicates the need to purchase a few items.  It is the holiday of love and everyone makes a point to celebrate it.  I have found that even people who feel it is [...]

Although Gardening Online Magazine is all about gardening, you can’t really have a garden with out the blooms.  For this reason, we are happy to take a few minutes of each month to look at various blooms and plants that you can add to your garden.  Since we are starting in January, it is only [...]

I’m not sure about you, but I live in a place where snow in winter is not an uncommon thing. In fact it is so common that backyard ice rinks are common and so are winter tires and antifreeze.  For a few months of the year, my little piece of earth can safely be called [...]

Every year, as I stumble to the cash register under a dozen plants, I often forget to grab the fertilizer that I prefer to use.  I mean, there are a hundred and one different things that I like to buy for my garden every year and I tend to forget about purchasing anything else, except [...]

Do you want gorgeous, giant blooms with lots of “boom color” right up until fall’s first frost? Would you like bold blossoms of color cascading from hanging baskets, decorating garden beds and sizzling around a trellis? This season you can have it all by planting your own “show-stopper” right in your own backyard with Sun [...]