September 5, 2022 by Hope Gardens
There’s so much to use of your homegrown vegetable plants. So much more than is available at the grocery store. Take a look at these ideas!
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I sometimes go catatonic while standing over an appealing plant I haven’t seen before. Looking like Mr. Pitiful, shoulders slumped, my eyes are fixed on the prize in front of me. I am silently pleading mercy. Gardeners will often rescue me if they’ve got enough time and plants to spare, especially if there is…
This is the fourth year in a row in which, when mid May rolls around, I declare, “Time to Sell the Yard!’ It all started when I decided to get rid of many of the things in my front yard landscape such as hostas, periwinkle, day lilies, lily of the valley, bee balm, bachelor button,…
Ok, so I was supposed to be writing about something else but this caught my eye and hey, I’m all about what to do with your backyard harvest so happy National Hot Breakfast Month! Seriously. Not sure who came up with it, but, every month has some food designation and February is NHBM (and, food-specific,…
I miss our backyard garden – the battle with the red clay, the monster zucchinis and tomatoes, plentiful peppers, and even the dispirited cantaloupe. The last remnants of it were wiped away when the yard was re-graded a few years back. So there’s this large backyard with nothing to do. It’s a shame, having the…
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane. Of the many types of gardeners a person can be, I am a devoted floralist. I’m unmoved to plant my own vegetables. I eschew shrubs. I only want the flowers. Give me…
Expect to read rants from Seattle-based Lorene Edwards Forkner starting next week. A longtime garden writer, Lorene was the first woman to edit Pacific Horticulture, a quarterly magazine focused on West Coast gardens. She also owned and operated a small specialty nursery at one time and gave design advice to gardeners looking to tame their…