Gardening from a Wheelchair by mikecogh Many people love to garden, but because of health issues they think they no longer are capable of working in the garden. “Nurturing something and watching it grow can be very therapeutic and rewarding, helping people take their minds off their pain and lets them feel that they are [...]
Curbside flower bed by anarchitect In the last post, TheGardenLady talked about creative ways of dealing with problems when gardening. TheGardenLady mentioned “limbing up” of the trees on your property. This means to cut the lower branches of your trees to see if enough light will now get to your plants. If limbing up doesn’t [...]
Creative Garden landscape Car by epSos.de ThisGardenLady grew up on a farm where there were always flowers. Though my mother did not have a nursery, she raised so many flowers that she did sell bouquets of flowers in the summer months. So when I bought the property where I now live, I wanted large colorful [...]
A splash of colour in the gloom by Steve-h It is obvious on our planet that the weather has changed. The earth is warming. Many parts of the US are seeing flowers in bloom approximately a month earlier than usual. In my area, the hellebores have been in bloom for months. Snow drops and crocuses [...]
Kiev Flower Show, 2010 by Roads Less Traveled. It is that time of year again – for Flower and Garden Shows. An early one, starting on Thurs. Feb. 16th and running through Sun. Feb. 19 th is the New Jersey Flower Show. It will be held in the New Jersey Convention & Expo Center in [...]
HAPPY NEW YEAR by rkramer62 I want to wish TheGardenLady.org readers a happy new year, 2012, of Glorious Gardening. May all your gardening wishes and dreams become reality. TheGardenLady’s wish is that more of my readers share their gardening stories as well as photos with this blog so that we can enjoy your garden successes [...]
ForageSF by Jaymi Heimbuch What does one do if one does not know the name of a plant that has no label or tag on it? Two friends came to me this week with just such a request. I am pretty good at identifying plants that grow in my temperature zone 6 and try to [...]
NOT ME!! I DID NOT EAT YOUR FLOWERS! by Snap-Smith Gardening can be a serious challenge for the gardener. Consider the weather. Who knows what to do in a profound drought like the one the MidWest experienced this summer? You cannot water plants when the water level goes down too low. Who knows what to [...]
Red, White and Blue flowers by fayemozingo TheGardenLady gets a number of interesting questions, comments and garden related links sent to the blog. I look forward to readers taking the time to comment or ask gardening questions. I am very appreciative of each and every thought that is sent to my blog. For example, I [...]
Basic Squirrel Information Squirrels are one of the few wild animals that have learned to coexist with man. With over 365 species found throughout the world, squirrels live in virtually every park, forest, and backyard. The most common squirrels are the ground, the tree and the flying squirrel. They are omnivores, which means they will [...]
