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Not Your Ordinary Plastic Pot

20130308-121002.jpg One of the joys of spring is receiving new products to sample in my Ohio Garden. In the mail today I was excited to receive a live package from Pan-American Seed Company and TerraShell (www.ballhort.com). From Pots and Trays to Compost in 11 Weeks TerraShell ingredients are certified VeriFlora an independent company and Tara Shell [...]

It’s Cool To Have Dirty Fingernails

Dirty Fingernail Club Are you like me and constantly have dirty fingernails because you just love to dig into the healthy soil with the greatest tool in the garden? This week on #gardenchat Twitter chat forum we welcome Bonnie Plants friend Mary Beth Shaddix as our guest host who will be giving our audience sure ways to get [...]

What is Your Favorite Houseplant

houseplant 2013 The slide show above is from my google album loaded with houseplants I love. IF you can’t view this slide show please click on my Google+ album to view the images. This Monday on #gardenchat we welcome Lisa of @HouseplantGuru to share with us simple tips on growing indoors this time of year.  During this [...]

Why Grow That?

Perennial Choices Who hasn’t fallen in love with an amazing shrub in their favorite garden magazine or on social media sites like Pinterest only to find that you can’t grow it in our garden zone? I’ve always had an obsession

Apple Blossom

Amaryllis I forgot to label my amaryllis bulbs in the containers I planted them in. The experience of watching the bloom take on color this month has been like Christmas all over again.  The surprise of what the bloom color will be is almost as exciting as having the uplifting color indoors during these drab winter [...]

I Saw an Angel in a Conifer Garden

23545f9e077c11e2aeda22000a1de2e0_7 On a beautiful autumn day I got to spend the day in one of the most inspiring gardens in Michigan.  Conifer expert and horticulture editor Ron Elardo gave my friend Maria and I a tour of his personal conifer garden as well as the Hidden Lake Gardens.  I share more about this visit on Conifers [...]

Where Do You Find Peace?

Instagram #autumn rose garden Peace Are you a ‘soon as your head hits the pillow you are out’ kind of person or does it take some time to find that inner peace before drifting off to sleep land? I don’t usually have a hard time falling to sleep even during the busy times in my life over the past year [...]
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