When you plan your garden each year what varieties of blooms do you use to makes your garden a winning combination? Do you mix annuals in with perennials or do you stick to only growing veggies? However your garden grows, chances are you have something by Proven Winners adding to your gardening experience. I’m a [...]

Welcome to the first of podcasts on BGgarden.com .  In this episode I interview Annie Haven of Authentic Haven Brand / Manure Tea who shares her new found love for growing seeds thanks to the inspiration of #gardenchat.  I’m a huge fan of Annie’s manure bags and I enjoy sharing with everyone that she is [...]

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Just when I thought there couldn’t possibly  be another thing I could  love about Chris Mclaughlin, one of my favorite garden writers : I read her favorite quote on facebook which states: “I can’t wait to turn 50. That day I become a respectable heirloom.” ~ me OH MY WORD…how cute is that?! I am [...]

A few of my favorite things are herbs and annuals I can grow or winter over in the greenhouse.   I take pride in the herbs that are produced in the winter.  Growing fresh parsley and keeping blooms that would normally only be grown in the summer here in zone 5 makes me feel like I’m [...]

At some point or another I’m sure every blogger has asked themselves ‘where in the world is my traffic?’ Come on now, I know I have seen many tweets and facebook status stating they don’t care about the numbers and questioning do those isp clicks really matter? I guess just like anything else in this [...]

Nothing beats opening a jar of canned roma’s from the summer canning projects and mixing it with some of my favorite herbs from the winter greenhouse.   Tonight’s dish was whipped up with some garden fresh love. Simple and fresh ingredients  will make any dish a gourmet addition to the menu. CLICK IMAGE above for RECIPE [...]