Pain by Ingorrr TheGardenLady hopes everyone is enjoying the springtime out in your beautiful gardens. A friend wrote a great article on how to garden if you have pain or difficulty moving. The article is published at How to Cope with Pain, and has some wonderful tips.

Serious rose thorns by Martin LaBar TheGardenLady received this question from Donna: My sister-in-law was stuck by a thorn from a Knock Out Rose. The area is very red and swollen. Are the thorns poisonous? What to do? When gardening, it is always advisable to USE gloves. One can get an infection from any cut. [...]

Naked Garden by LORENA CEJUDO To garden with or without clothes (or a minimum of clothes) that is the question that even Shakespeare hadn’t pondered. But we gardeners will have to wait ’til April for the sages in the City Council in Boulder, Colorado to find out what they decide. Check out this article: Topless [...]

Photo of Marigolds planted next to Cucumber plants by Ellen Sousa at Turkey Hill Brook Farm When planning your garden this year, consider companion planting.  What does it mean to do companion planting? Companion plants are the plants you should grow next to plants that you want in your garden. These companions assist because they [...]

Tomato Plants in the Negev It may be winter here and across most of the US, but I think back to the terrible drought that Texas and other parts of the Southwest had this past summer and the potential for water problems in these areas and the West in the future. I recently read an [...]

TheGardenLady has invited people with horticultural interests and expertise to contribute posts to this blog.  The following post  was submitted by Christy Baker, a certified Family Herbalist and Consulting Herbalist.   Christy is currently pursuing a certificate in Horticulture Therapy and a second Master’s in Landscape Architecture. Lavender, Lavandula Angustifolia, is a widely used plant with a long and rich history. [...]

Thanksgiving is almost here again. And one of the favorite sides for this Garden Lady is the cranberry sauce. The cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) is said to be one of three fruits native to America (this includes blueberries and the Concord Grape), so the original colonists were smart to learn how to use cranberries from the [...]

TheGardenLady received this question from Mary. I just planted a Burning Bush this summer. It did turn a beautiful red but I noticed this morning it looked a little limp. When I returned from work, most of the leaves were on the ground and the bush is almost bare. Is this supposed to happen? If [...]

This video shows what actually happens inside of a birdhouse. You will be absolutely amazed!

TheGardenLady received this question from Odmaa all the way from Mongolia. I am writing this from Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar. My country is in Asia, between China and Russia. Winter is harsh and lasts more than 4 months.  I am intersted in planting room plants and help people to have them in their homes. I have more [...]