K. Triffet

Time to plan your garden? Combine vegetables and flowers for beauty and funtion. Beginning gardeners, try easy-to-grow edibles like beans, Swiss chard, radishes, tomatoes, sunflowers, squash and melons. And if you stick to the planting calendar, you'll have less work, less heartache and greater chances of success. Oh, and don't forget about edible flowers; Nasturtiums and violas are super easy and fun to grow! Nasturtiums will even reward you by coming back on [...]

How good is your garden soil? When you begin to plan your garden, the first thing your should take into consideration is your soil. Soil is not just "dirt". Soil is a composition of minerals, water, air, fungi, bacteria and organic material that has decomposed. All of these must be in the right proportions to grow the flowers and plants that create healthy, beautiful gardens. We all know that our flowers and plants [...]