Keeping Houseplants Healthy in Winter

Keeping your houseplants healthy during winter months may seem difficult. Light from windows is reduced, days are shorter and humidity may be lower due to

Winter Bird Feeding

One of my favorite pleasures in winter is to be inside my warm house and look out at the wild birds at the feeder. I

Planning a Garden the Kids Will Like

Not all plants are created equal in the eyes of children. Although they don’t differentiate when it comes to flowers and vegetables or annuals and

Holiday Fun Facts

The first commercial Christmas cards were commissioned in London, in 1843, by Sir Henry Cole, with illustration by John Callcott Horsley. President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Got Herbs? Give Them as Gifts

Fresh or dried, herbs can make wonderful gifts for both the craft-lovers and cooks on your holiday list. Rosemary is especially popular at this time

What’s Bugging You? Fungus Gnats

Fungus gnats can become a nuisance indoors when adults emerge in large numbers from potted plants containing consistently damp or wet soil. While the adults

Deer Dinner Guests?

Are you tired of serving up a nightly buffet of your prized garden plants to your neighborhood deer? Short of completely fencing in you yard,