CHRISTEN THOMAS
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Making seed tapes are a good project for doing with children and those that have physical limitations that can keep them from spending much time in the garden. The seed tapes can be made in your home and be ready for planting when Spring comes. Seed tapes are an easy way for children and gardeners…
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Seed balls are a good activity to do with children in late winter when it is not easy to do other outdoor activities or school is virtual. Seed balls are a great way to reseed your landscape and add flowers in barren spots in your flower beds or lawn. Clay seed balls have been used…
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Using Toilet or Paper Towel Rolls for Seed Starting An easy way to start your seeds indoors is to use empty toilet paper, gift wrap or paper towel rolls. Toilet paper pots are a good planting method to use with children. You can use bigger seed in these pots – corn, beans, cucumbers. Some plants do not like to be transfer but…
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What better time than the bleak days of winter to think ahead to a brimming bowl of blueberries freshly harvested and still warmed from the sun right out of your home garden? Blueberries are a successful cash crop for Georgia farmers and an easily grown fruit for the home gardener, as well, with their minimal…
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A soil test is an important, but often overlooked step in planning and implementing a landscape design. It is often skipped, mostly due to poor planning or a lack of understanding why it is so essential to the long term success of your landscape renovation. Performing a soil test requires minimal effort. Simply put, you…
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The beautiful red and green poinsettia are a familiar site of the holiday season. They are a member of the Euphorbia family and are native to Mexico. The traditional color is red, but can be found in a large variety of colors. The large colorful part is not actually the flower, but a “bract.” The…
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Creating a Williamsburg Wreath is a simple and elegant way to celebrate the holidays. In this how-to, we will learn how to combine natural elements into a traditional icon of the holidays. These wreaths are called a Williamsburg wreath, because they were made popular by the living history museum located in Williamsburg, Virginia. They are…
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November is here and it is the start of the holiday season! Thanksgiving brings families together with food and fun and traditionally, Christmas decorating begins the day after the Thanksgiving holiday. Nothing symbolizes the holiday season more than a wreath on the front door. It is like a welcome sign for all the visitors to…
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Welcome to part 2 in our landscape design series, assessing your site. Have you chosen an area you would like to landscape or are you going to landscape your entire garden? Regardless, it is important to assess your property. There are several factors to keep in mind: soil, light, drainage and privacy needs, are just…
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“Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?” When the planting season begins, do you head to your local nursery and buy tons of plants with no plan? Do you then get home and think, “Where should I plant these?” Have you wasted hundreds, (thousands?!) of dollars and hours of back breaking work just…
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