Getting Grounded By Peggy Sue

For those of you who haven’t yet broken ground, preparing the soil ahead of time will help flowers and veggies grow exponentially better than just plopping them into the soil would. To do this you will need a bare patch marked out for garden, preferably broken ground (grass removed). You will also need either, peat … Continue reading →

Spring Cleaning by Peggy Sue

Spring in the garden has fully set in, with summer closing in fast. Weeds are large and abundant in unplucked gardens, and plentiful even in manicured ones. Spring is when the plants come out and you can finally decide the dead from the hiding. As Martha stewart says, “There are few rites of spring more … Continue reading →

Growing Plants in Shady Spaces

With the chill of winter turning our beautiful gardens to frozen mush and bare sticks, our attention draws inward, to the green gems that brighten our homes and offices. Most indoor plants are tropical shade-loving “garden” plants that survive our summers outdoors, but must follow us indoors when we retreat indoors at summer’s end. The … Continue reading →