Winters Late Arrival
Winter Storm Takes on Ohio the Day After Christmas We have been waiting for this snow ‘storm’ after missing the jet-stream that brought snow to the Midwest the week before Christmas. Winter finally arrived late afternoon in my garden and it was fun to share images and tweets with everyone using social networking. The shares [...] Count Down 2013
Amaryllis Natural : No Soil
Have you ever grown anything with no soil? I was inspired by a photo on Google+ this morning by Nancy Wallace (Garden Consultation) to try growing my amaryllis in a glass container with no soil. I had seen images of bulbs growing this way before in a few popular home magazines but have never actually [...] Black Olive Tapenade
A Piece of NYC : Cannoli Style
The chocolate in this photo share appears to have nothing to do with growing but I’m going to share with you how it is about of growing garden relationships using social media. You see, I started following this talented foodie / lifestyles writer back in March 2012 while attending the Philadelphia Flower show. We both [...] Poinsettia Care : They Can Survive The Holidays!
A friendly reminder that it is time to water those Poinsettia plants you received at Thanksgiving. A few weeks ago I had the privilege of spending the afternoon at Bostdorff Garden Center in Bowling Green, Ohio with garden writer Kate Copsey. During our visit I captured some video of Mrs. Bostdorff who was so kind [...] Amaryllis : Planting Tips
Every year I’m super busy decorating my home, baking cookies, making Christmas cards and getting together with family and friends that I totally forget to plant my holiday bulbs. I’m lucky if I remember to drop those cute little paper white bulbs I pick up at the local independent garden center into a container after [...]