Let’s discuss something that is certainly top of mind these days- saving money! Though sometimes thought of a way to save money on groceries, gardening can be an expensive hobby….
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Perennial Flowers for Shade that Bloom all Season Long
If you have a shaded garden, you may feel like your options for colorful, flowering plants are limited. However, there are actually many beautiful perennial flowers that thrive in partial…
Growing Seeds Indoors is Easy!
It is easy and inexpensive to start (or expand) a garden by growing seeds indoors for spring planting. Here at TGG, we use several methods. Get a head start on…
Cold Hardy Outdoor Tropical Plants for Your Garden!
Tropical plants are an amazing statement to add to any garden, offering exotic design sense and wonderful texture and color. Ok, we love ’em ’cause we can pretend to be…
Easy House Plants Anyone Can Grow!
House plants are just another way to garden. Indoor gardening has been popular for centuries, and I think it’s a basic human need to want to nurture nature, even inside…
How to Lay Sod in 6 Easy to Follow Steps
If you need to lay a new lawn, or repair or replace an old one, there is no faster way to get it established then laying sod. It’s not a…
Landscape Island Ideas & Garden Bed Design
Landscape island beds are a great solution for a garden that lacks a focal point, and an easy way to add color and texture to a large expanse of boring…
How to Grow Amazing Alliums
Alliums are one of the best and easiest bulbs to grow in the gardening world, but often overlooked. Gorgeous, show stopping blooms, easy “how to grow” requirements, and amazing architectural…
DIY Wasp Traps & Solutions for the Backyard
Summer is here in the garden, and with it a lot of great things, and a few that really can ruin a summer day. Among them, wasps. Nothing will haul…
How to Grow a Wildflower Garden
Most of us who garden have at one time or another dreamed of the charm and whimsy of a wildflower garden. Come on, admit it… you too have longed for a…
Lily Love : How to Grow Lilies
If you love weddings, picnics, small cherub faced children and older couples holding hands, chance are you love lilies. They are at once elegant, romantic and timeless, yet also can…
Easy to Grow : Delightful Daylilies
There aren’t very many plants that I will call fool proof, but the daylily comes pretty close. Tolerant of drought, tough soils, even partial shade, these beauties’ blooms last only…
Heirloom Gardening : What It Is & Why Do It!
Any of you who have been reading my blogs for awhile know that I love things that have history. Age, patina, a past. And when it comes to plants, I…