One of the very first steps in starting a garden is to pick up the necessary garden supplies!  This can be a few things, or a quite a few things, depending on what you are looking to achieve.  Gardening is a long process that takes time to figure out what you want your garden to [...]

Hirt’s Garden is a company that sells plants, seeds, bulbs, garden products and more.  This company was established in 1915 by Samuel Hirt and is one of Ohio’s oldest horticultural establishments.  They specialize in the hard to find garden goodies that many of us are looking for today! Everything from hard-to-find perennials, unusual and exotic [...]

Many people, like myself, are fascinated with the adorable little statues known as garden gnomes.  I was first enchanted by them after watching the sweet and charming movie Amelie. A garden gnome or lawn gnome is a figurine of a small humanoid creature, usually wearing a pointy hat, produced for the purpose of ornamentation and protection from evil sorcery, [...]

Gardens alive is a company that is dedicated to gardeners’ needs.  The company is one of America’s lading mail order companies that is dedicated to biological control of garden pests!  They strive to keep the environment as the number one priority when it comes to pest control. They sell a variety of fertilizers, fungicides, and [...]

Garden, or landscape, lighting can be a wonderful addition to your home garden! Landscape lighting or garden lighting refers to the use of outdoor illumination of private gardens and public landscapes; for the enhancement and purposes of safety, nighttime aesthetics, accessibility, security, recreation and sports, and social and event uses.  This is the perfect way to let your garden shine – literally! There are [...]

Unless you have been living under a rock, you are probably quite familiar with the magazine, Better Homes and Gardens.  After all, Better Homes and Gardens is the fourth most popular selling magazine in all of the United States!  The incredibly popular magazine focuses on interests regarding homes, cooking, gardening, crafts, healthy living, decorating, and entertaining. The magazine was [...]

Whenever I go to the local nursery for flowers and plants, I always seem to bug the staff asking questions about different zones and planting.  I’m never sure if what I’m picking out is right for where I want to plant it.  This is was before I heard about Plantswatch! In this PlantSwatch™ video it [...]

Locals take note–this weekend is the Sacramento Home & Garden Show at Cal Expo. The Show runs March 6 through 8, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Door Prizes include: Tickets to California Musical Theatre: Frost/Nixon Gift Certificate to Cabo’s Mexican [...]

Whether you live where it rains or where it pours, there’s a great, easy way you can conserve water for garden use. Where I live (Calif.) that’s a very big deal, as we Californians head into a third consecutive drought year. Rain “harvesting” isn’t a new concept, but let’s just say this oldie is a [...]

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 [...]