On Mark Bittman’s NY Times blog Bitten, there’s an interesting article by Kerri Conan on keeping a garden log. She describes how she has kept garden logs that detail planting times and layouts. This is a great idea, I think, especially for a visual person like me.  http://bitten.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/tracking-the-garden/ Also, Gardener’s Supply has a great Kitchen [...]

Here’s the result of some Jim West plants and a whole lot of sweat. This weekend, in an effort to reduce the size of my lawn, I expanded my front bed by about 50 square feet. This was the perfect time of year to remove the sod. Since it was still dead, it was like [...]

It’s that time of year again! Jim West is having his spring plant sale at Lincoln High School. If you haven’t gotten your order form, here it is! From Jim: We are excited to announce our first Spring Butterfly Plant Sale March 18 – 20 from 9:00 until 4:00 in the new Lincoln Park Garden. As [...]

Remember back to April? It was cool. Rain was regular. And we created patio planters in our Wisteria meeting at the garden club. I’m sure you’ve all taken great care of your little pots full of color. So let’s see how they are doing. The picture to the left is the planter I brought as [...]