3 Tips for Shopping Garden Centers

3 Tips for Shopping Garden Centers

In The Budget-Wise Gardener (St. Lynn’s Press), author Kerry Ann Mendez offers a number of ways to build your gardens without emptying your wallet.  Her publisher has given us permission to excerpt a small portion of the book here.  This is from a section called “6...
Grow Tarragon

Grow Tarragon

Tarragon is one of the new culinary herbs in my Virginia garden, and it took a couple of tries to find its happy place. I had grown tarragon in different locations, but plants never reappeared in spring. This time, the tarragon that I bought last year is leafing out...
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Forage for and Enjoy Ramps

Finally! After late April snows, spring may be appearing in Northeast Ohio. I’m dreaming about a hike in the woods with my gathering basket, foraging for the wild ramps we’ve talked about in Ramp-ing up for Spring. Ramps are a seasonal potherb traditionally...
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Celebrate National Herb Day on May 5

Every day is Herb Day for me.  From strolling in my garden to see which herb is blooming or needs some TLC to clipping some herbs to liven up the day’s meals. Herbs always have something to offer. That is precisely why we are celebrating herbs on May 5.  They always...
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Grow Herbs and Save the World

I’ve been planning a post about the importance of pollinator gardens and The Herb Society’s GreenBridgesTM Initiative . This initiative encourages people to plant native plants that support pollinators.  The program envisions a network of pollinator gardens...