The harvest of last year’s summer and autumn crops is over. I harvested my veggies, elderberries, pineapples, guavas and pomegranates. I cleaned the garden and put away my tools. It was time to leave my garden of rest. We begin the new year with a renewed sense of joy and hope, and with the goal … Read more
Whether you like tomatoes cut, sauced, or cooked in your favorite recipe, they taste best when they are grown and harvested from your garden or container. With over 10,000 varieties available it can be difficult to select the best ones to grow in your garden. Start by looking for the varieties best suited to the … Read more
Darla Chouinard Master Gardener The origin of dates can be traced back to around 5320 BC. Dates were, and still are, a staple food grown in the Middle East and North Africa. The date palm is significant to numerous cultures and religions and is sometimes referred to as the “tree of life” due to its … Read more
AMES, Iowa – Building a terrarium is easy and inexpensive and can be done on a snowy afternoon. Their care is minimal, as they can go for months without water in the right conditions. In addition, a wide variety of plants can be grown that typically fail miserably in the dry and drafty environment of … Read more
It is easy to inspire to grow new plants. Inspiration can come from travel, books, magazines, or other gardens. You can also find inspiration in the most unlikely places. The other day, I placed one of the US Postal Service’s “Snowy Beauty” stamps on a piece of mail. Always looking for new plants, I studied … Read more
Tom Ingram Ask a Master Gardener Garden gnomes have always been a curiosity to me. I like them and don’t mind seeing or having a gnome in the garden, but how in the world did this tradition start? Apparently, the practice of placing statues in gardens began in Rome. These statues were not of gnomes … Read more
The Ingram Garden Club met on November 14th at the home of Vivian Strebeck. “After our delicious lunch, Katy Coppel, from Bird City, informed the group of the national program to protect the birds,” said a spokesperson for the garden club in a press release. “In his report, he said that there has been a … Read more
WESTERLY — With winter approaching, some final cleaning, mowing and cleaning was done this week around the new formal esplanade garden at the Broad Street entrance to Wilcox Park next to the Westerly Library. Park and library staff and volunteers celebrated the completion of the redesigned esplanade last month in a formal ceremony. Now, Park … Read more
TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) – Each week we feature a lovable animal for adoption at the Humane Society of Southern Arizona. The November 23 Subaru Pet of the Week is Buttercup, a 7-month-old puppy eagerly awaiting a new best friend. Buttercup works diligently on her manners and takes all the knowledge she can to learn new … Read more
Rollercoaster temperatures can actually be a blessing. They mean that your garden has finished production for the year, but it also means that the weather is good enough to finish those final ones. Autumn is the ideal time to clean the garden and its tools to prepare for next year. Elizabeth Exstrom There are a … Read more
