Powerhouse Plants and Derek Fell’s Grow This!
Book Reviews: Powerhouse Plants by Graham Rice, and Derek Fell's Grow This!
It’s Spring and Everything’s Blooming … including the Weeds!
Interspersed among vibrant spring flowers are the delicate lacy leaves of bittercress, the rich green tufts of annual bluegrass, colorful expanses of henbit and deadnettle, and cheerful clumps of chickweed … In case you’re wondering, remember, a weed is merely a wildflower in the wrong place.
Founding Gardeners
George Washington was an obsessive gardener; Thomas Jefferson, a stealthy seed smuggler; and John Adams, so taken with manure, he once examined a pile of it while on a diplomatic excursion in Europe.
The Bountiful Harvest at Organic Vegetable Garden
Organic Vegetable Garden, October 4th As we make our way into fall, our garden still thinks it is summer, as is evidenced by the bounty of warm season crops we …
Monarchs at Glencarlyn
Monarch caterpillars at Glencarlyn Library Community Garden
American Beautyberry – Fall interest in the garden
The Glencarlyn Library Demonstration Garden has specimens of both the American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) and the Japanese Beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica). Our experience with them is based on the fun of comparing (and showing off) both in the same garden.