Happy Friday, Your Artistic Ideaers! This is my second year starting veggies from seed and maintaining a full kitchen garden (rather than the couple of tomato and pepper plants I… Read More »Veggie-Garden Flowers in Connecticut – Fine Gardening
Hi Your Artistic Ideaers! Today we’re heading to central Michigan for an update on Dale Dailey’s diverse gardens. Dale has shared the many different aspects of his landscape, with his… Read More »Dale’s Michigan Garden in 2025
Hi Your Artistic Ideaers! A couple of weeks ago, we shared a glorious garden update from Lee in the Mohawk Valley of central New York State (check that post out… Read More »Lily Pre-Bloom in the Mohawk Valley
Many people (including me) use ground covers in their garden. Ground covers will keep weeds down, reduce ground erosion, and cool the soil around larger plants. It is also a… Read More »Uncommon Ground Covers with Reliable Interest
Some plants bring out wide-ranging reactions from people, and palms can have that effect. What may be seen as an elegant lofty tree with a small footprint to one person… Read More »Palms for Southwest Gardens – Fine Gardening
Happy Monday Your Artistic Ideaers! For those of us who were lucky enough to raised by plant lovers and surrounded by gardens, certain summer blooms often spark nostalgia and conjure… Read More »Kathy’s Garden Full of Memories
When someone mentions food crops, we in the West often conjure images of juicy, red backyard tomatoes, or perhaps hot chiles. Rarely does one make the leap to perennials. Perennial… Read More »Delicious and Beautiful Perennial Vegetables
When it comes to planting design, I always go back to the principle of “planting big to small.” Trees are integral to a garden’s structure. They anchor corners, define boundaries,… Read More »How to Grow Small Trees in Containers
I’ve been accused of being cheap, so maybe I’m particularly drawn to self-sowing garden plants, but really, what gardener doesn’t love a free plant? Plus, self-sowers sometimes make brilliant design… Read More »Well-Behaved Self-Sowing Plants for the Northeast
Like twinkling stars fallen from the night sky, fireflies fill our summers with wonder and nostalgia. As a kid I would spend hours trying to catch them, just to hold… Read More »How to Support Fireflies and Other Insects in the Garden