Category Archives: Perennial Beds
It’s time for the second half
Have you been sitting and admiring your garden in full bloom? We’ve ooo’d and ahh’d over the garden for the last three or four weeks. We can still keep our garden in shape for the second half of the season. It … Continue reading
Week 14 – Garden fireworks will sizzle if you don’t let them fizzle
You can’t have that zing if you don’t have that thing – shu bop shu bop It’s getting hot outside and it’s time to re-enforce good gardening practices. Before we get to that; around the garden today (it was magically … Continue reading
Week 11 – It’s time for a trim
Today was all about trimming stuff. Tree stuff, plant stuff, old bloom stuff. Since we just had the tour and there was a special blog about it I’m not doing photos from around the garden today. See previous post … Continue reading
Week 5 – Garden Math, Fertilizing and the Dead Heads
1 divided by 2 = 2. 1 divided by 4 = 4 right? Well, today it does. It’s time to dig up and divide your plants and it’s also time to start fertilizing those container gardens. Around the garden today: … Continue reading
Week 33 – The yes and no of Fall garden cleanup
We’ve had a little snow and a couple of frosts and maybe a freeze so it’s time to get out and get the garden in shape for Spring and do some fall cleanup. You should have already brought the plants … Continue reading
Week 25 – It’s all about the daisies
If your summer flowers are almost bloomed out you can add some color to your garden with Black-eyed Susans, also known as Rudbeckia. These flowers come in yellow with different center colors as well as a burnt red called Cherry … Continue reading
Week 23 – Swap it out and change it up
Is your patio looking a little drab right now? Is the color gone with the blooms in your garden? It’s time to swap out and pot some new cool weather plants. Pansies, Coreopsis, Cosmos, Black-eyed Susans and Coneflowers are some … Continue reading
Week 22 – Summer garden maintenance
We’ve been sitting back and admiring the borders in the yard. It’s now time to keep them looking that way. It’s time to deadhead, trim and cut back some of the plants that are getting long and leggy and unmanageable. … Continue reading
Week 20 – Summer Garden Clean-up
Today we didn’t have a truck and Rob didn’t go to the studio so there is no segment to watch but we had lots of fun in the garden. It’s time for some summer garden clean-up and we were all … Continue reading
