Gardening
Twigs from my garden
Cream and yellow daffodils, golden boughs of forsythia, pink and white magnolias, and fuchsia redbuds have put on an especially spectacular and long-lasting spring show in my yard this year. Then arrived phalanxes of outstanding tulips and lavender creeping...
Twigs from my garden
Allow me to step back a week in time to share with you my Earth Day 2008. I cannot think of a better way to celebrate the day than exactly as I did. My day began early at the regional spring meeting of Ohio Association of Garden Clubs from Allen, Auglaize,...
Twigs from my garden
This week I suggest a theme garden — a small garden, maybe in a secluded area of your yard, dedicated to a single theme that interests you. Here are a just a few of many ideas you may want to consider.You might plant a pizza garden with vegetables...
Twigs from my garden
This column is being interrupted for an important public announcement (actually a trivial, personal message) about Earth Day 2008. I question how we have fared since Earth Day’s first celebration on April 22, 1970.That first year my 5-year old daughter...
Twigs from my garden
My last column was about how a rain garden planted in a natural or manmade gully, depression, swale, or at the bottom of a slope — wherever water tends to collect after heavy rain — can benefit a residential yard and, on a much larger scale,...
Twigs from my garden
Whatever the season, whatever the weather, gardeners love to plan their next gardens. What better time to plan a garden than now, when the soil hasn’t warmed enough to dig and plant and while the danger of frost is still imminent? For the next few...
Twigs from my garden
The calendar says it’s officially spring and, unofficially, so does my yard. Snowdrops and crocus are blooming in the myrtle along the driveway and walk. Daffodils and the foliage of other spring-flowering bulbs, which have slept throughout the...
Twigs from my garden
Recently, I’ve been thinking about rabbits. Not the Easter bunny but real rabbits that munch on garden veggies and flowers — especially since a rabbit appears to live under the front porch and I’m planning on planting a few vegetables...
Twigs from my garden
Since 1995, the International Herb Association has chosen an herb of the year for being outstanding in at least two of three major categories: medicinal, culinary or decorative. Then, throughout the year, the Herb Society of America and other herb organizations...
Twigs from my garden
As daylight hours lengthen and Ohio gardeners hope for an early spring, nature’s bird food — seeds and berries — are being depleted by our overwintering birds. Winter birds must consume high-fat calories to survive winter harsh weather;...
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