by Daisy | Jun 1, 2009 | Beginner Gardens, Garden
Start reading about tomato pests and diseases and you begin to wonder how any tomato ever makes it at all. After weeks of episodic rain my tomato plants are growing like kudzu, but I noticed something this morning that sent me looking for fungicide recipes: yellowing...
by Daisy | May 19, 2009 | Beginner Gardens, Garden
When I first started gardening, I had no idea what to plant, where to plant it, or what grew well with what! So, for you beginners, we’re going to skip all that and just give you a recipe. It’s all worked out for maximizing your companion plants and all...
by Daisy | May 8, 2009 | Beginner Gardens, Garden
Edible Landscaping, when you have a homeowners association, is all about distraction. When you look at the above picture, do you see my crops? Would you notice them if I hadn’t told you?That’s what I’m talking about.Behind my pansies, behind the...
by Daisy | Apr 17, 2009 | Beginner Gardens, Garden
Meet Johnny Jump Up. He’s an old fashioned favorite viola-family-type thing. But I like him because he’s the first face I see in the spring and he self-seeds like a maniac. He has my front door looking uber-cute about five minutes before spring officially...
by Daisy | Apr 1, 2009 | Beginner Gardens, Garden
I have developed my own formula for year-round flower bed gorgeousness. 1. Bedding plants up front. LOTS. You can buy them(expensive) or start them indoors from seed, but two shifts of annual bedding plants are the cornerstone of a ‘showy from outer space’...
by Daisy | Jan 21, 2009 | Beginner Gardens, Garden
Ever wonder WHEN you’re supposed to start tomatoes indoors, sow carrots outdoors, or transplant your peppers? (Or is the fact that timing matters Brand New Information?) Well, here is a free printable that already has it organized for you. This is the time of...
