by Ann McCormick | Jan 21, 2022 | Landscaping, Spring, Winter
Happy New Year! Wherever you are, whatever your circumstances, may the coming year bring you many joyful moments. Of course I hope some of those happy times take place in and around gardens. To help you make this come true I’ve collected a few ideas to get...
by Ann McCormick | Jan 18, 2022 | Christmas, Decoration, Rosemary, Winter
In recent years it’s been popular to borrow rosemary from the herb garden and shape it into a miniature Christmas tree. This is really no surprise because the essential oils in rosemary produce a scent similar to pine trees. Rosemary’s natural evergreen shape and dark...
by Ann McCormick | Nov 10, 2021 | Humor, Maintenance, Pests & Disease, Planning, Seed Starting, Tools, Transplanting
Here, ladies and gentlemen, is my second helping of bogus garden hacks from an article I found online. The offending article was on one of those sites that claim to give the reader the “real facts” hitherto hidden from the average reader. It offered ten “gardening...
by Ann McCormick | Oct 27, 2021 | Horticultural Science, Humor, Maintenance, Planting Techniques, Seed Starting, Tools
My beloved husband is always on the lookout for garden articles on the Internet that I might find interesting. Most of his discoveries are worthwhile. Recently however he forwarded a link to a page that had my blood boiling within minutes. The offending article was on...
by Ann McCormick | Oct 20, 2021 | Decoration, Fall, Rosemary
With the cooling fall weather, herb gardeners are busy harvesting and prepping the garden for winter. This includes some trimming of the shrubs that may have exceeded their alloted space. If one of those shrubs is rosemary, don’t toss the clipped branches....
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