• By Janine Pineo • Snow in May does not a happy gardener make, but it hasn't stopped me from getting a little jump on the vegetable garden. One blustery day in late April, when I was … [Read more...]
Perennials Easy on the Wallet When Started from Seed
May 8, 2012 By
• By Janine Pineo • The Earth has awakened. The muffled quiet of winter gave way to a cacophonous chorus of blackbirds every morning and the sweet harmony of peepers each night. This … [Read more...]
Year In, Year Out, Spring Brings Much to Do
May 1, 2012 By
• By Janine Pineo • The whoosh of air caught my attention. Up, down and around I looked as wave after wave of rushing sound washed over me. Out of the southwest sky they appeared, their … [Read more...]
A Barrel of Fun – and Water
April 28, 2012 By
• By Janine Pineo • New isn’t always better. That crossed my mind Tuesday as I was being sprayed with rainwater gushing from the new rain barrels set up Saturday in anticipation of … [Read more...]
A Gardener’s Obsession: Water
April 26, 2012 By
• By Janine Pineo • Every gardener obsesses about one thing. Water. Too much, too little, too often, too seldom - it's enough to drive a person to, well, drink. A visit to a gardening … [Read more...]
A Crop That’s a Little Bit Nutty
April 24, 2012 By
• By Janine Pineo • I am nuts. It's not hard to admit. Being a gardener can make you that way. Usually it's because something isn't cooperating: rainfall, temperature, wildlife. Then … [Read more...]
Winter Damage Prompts Pruning Frenzy
April 17, 2012 By
• By Janine Pineo • Take the good with the bad. That's what I keep telling myself as trips around the yard reveal more damage from winter's wrath. I think the pluses outweigh the minuses, … [Read more...]
From Death Valley to the North Pole
April 16, 2012 By
To read all the articles in the series, click here. • By Janine Pineo • It is impossible to regulate the temperature in the wee pop-up greenhouse. I know this to be true. Once we'd … [Read more...]
The Dirt on Worm Wrangling
April 10, 2012 By
• By Janine Pineo • Just call me a worm wrangler. I'm still a bit of a novice, but after four months of baby-sitting a pile -- and do I mean pile -- of wiggling earthworms, I think I've … [Read more...]
Get Thee to the Garden Show: Where 3 Seasons Are 1
April 7, 2012 By
• By Janine Pineo • Only at a garden show can you have a highbush blueberry dripping with fruit, Asiatic lilies blooming and tulips in full flower. Add in rows of calla lilies, a fig with what … [Read more...]
