Wisteria - Vine or Tree or Weed?
Nothing is lovelier than strolling beneath the fragrant and gorgeous wisteria shaded path. However, do you know whether or not wisteria is a vine, a shrub, a tree, or a weed?
Read MoreMosquito Control Garden
It's time to wage a war against one of nature's most dangerous vectors of disease -- the mosquito! The good news is that war does not have to be ugly and that you have many weapons to make your garden a mosquito control zone.
Read MoreDesigning and Creating a Children's Garden
Golden opportunities exist for parents and grandparents to teach children about gardening with the added bonuses of learning about Mother Nature's balance and the kind of patience and success in planning that will last a life time.
Read MoreWhy Bees Matter
Every lovely garden has certain requirements: soil, light, water, and beneficial insects – just to name a few. So to talk about plants, shrubs, and trees and to neglect sharing all the elements that go into them is to give an incomplete picture of what gardening is and it isn’t. It’s no secret to most gardeners that most flowering plants, trees, including vegetables and fruits-- all not only get visited by some of our beneficial insects, but also require certain beneficial insects to bear fruit. Here's why bees matter!
Read MoreEasy to Grow Flowers - Zinnias
Zinnas! Gardeners love them because they are showy and easy to grow. Flower arrangement cry for them because they are bright and long lasting. Dried flower enthusiasts wax poetic over the ease of drying them and the many uses in arrangements. So what's the skinny on growing Zinnas?
Read MoreTropical Palms As Emergency Foods - Buri Palm (Corypha)
There are palms and then there are palms. The Corypha palm (Burmi palm) is one palm any palm lover should explore as an alternative.
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Edible Wild Food Source - The Sugar Palm
Did you know that your Dwarf Sugar palm is also a food source in many parts of the world? Here's the skinny on this variety of edible palm.
Read MoreEdible Fruit - Tropical Palms As Foods - Nipa Palm
Stranded on a tropical island? Could you be the last survivor? Maybe. If you know your palm trees. Take a look at the edible palms.
Read MoreEdible Wild Food Source - The Sago Palm
It's not your first thought for a food source, but many varieties of palm trees and their fruit are edible sources of food. The key to know is that not all palms are safe to eat. The Sago Palm is one of the palm trees that you need to know all about, since one member of this family is poisonous to humans.
Read MoreChinese Herbal Medicine - The History of Chinese Herbalism
Of all the plants you grow in your garden, knowing the history behind herbs, especially herbs, will add depth to your gardening know-how. Of course, the most ancient of civilizations were way ahead of all of us in understanding how important healing herbs are -- both then and now. Let's explore the history!
Read MoreEdible Plants - Far North - Berries
Birds love them, bears love them, and if you are every lost in the far north wilderness -- you'd better know which ones to love too.
Read MoreEdible Plants - Far North - Lichens, Mushrooms & Trees
You only have to be unexpectedly snowed in once to realize that you need to prepare yourself in the future to know what is around you to eat in Mother Nature's pantry. Let's take a look at wild edible plants of the far north.
Read MoreWhite Alpine Strawberries In The Garden and Kitchen
Just like apples aren't always red, neither are America's favorite other fruit -- the strawberry. Here's the skinny on White Alpine Strawberries -- one of the best kept gourmet fruit secrets ever!
Read MoreRoses For Perfumes
The most fragrant of roses, that's all that is need for making your own home grown rose perfumes and floral rose waters.
Read MoreFrankincense and Myrrh - Christmas Traditional Trees & Plants
When is the last time you thought about why the three kings carried frankincense and myrrh?
Read MorePurple and Orange Carrots
What does color have to do with food? Everything! Compare the colors orange and purple.
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When Coffee Married - The Lingshi Mushroom (Ganoderma Lucidum)
Varieties of lingshi (lingzhi) mushrooms even grow in the United States, but did you know that these somewhat bitter tasting medicinal mushrooms when married with coffee can be a delightfully pleasant and extremely healthy drink?
Read MoreGrow Your Own Coffee - History of Coffee In the New World
As you sip on your coffee take a stroll thru the story of coffee and learn how you too can grow your own coffee no matter where you live.
Read MoreSweet Potatoes and Yams - What's the Difference?
Do you know your root vegetables? Do you know the difference between a yam and a sweet potato?
Read MoreBlack Bat Plant - How To Grow A Devil Flower
Even Mother Nature celebrates Halloween -- did you know you could grow your own Black Bat Flower?
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