Welcome back to Beginner Gardening Wednesday, our series that helps to turn every thumb green. Every Wednesday of this month is part of that series and we’ve been posting articles about easy to grow perennials. So far, we have covered:
For the month of April, every Wednesday we are posting easy to grow perennials for our series Beginner Gardening Wednesday. This series can help new gardeners as well as seasoned gardeners have a beautiful garden.
Welcome back to Beginner Gardening Wednesday. This month during our weekly series for beginner gardeners, we are publishing articles about easy to grow perennials.
Perennials are one of our favorites as gardeners because these flowers come back year after year. The bottom line is that perennials are a great return on investment.
Blue Salvia (salvia farinacea)
Welcome to Beginner Gardening Wednesday. Beginner Gardening Wednesday is our weekly series that we have been publishing for over 8 months now. Every Wednesday, we make it our goal to provide our beginner gardeners with tips and tricks that will turn their thumb green.
This month, we are focusing on a particular group, perennials. All month long on Wednesdays, you can find easy to grow perennials that are sure to make your neighbors envious.
Today, we are sharing about perennial sage.
As soon as the weather gets warmer and it has finally started to feel like spring, you may find dividing your perennials on your spring to-do list. Dividing your perennials is a really great way of saving money and keeping your perennials looking amazing.
Spring is officially tomorrow and it is just about time to start planting cold-tolerant vegetables. Radishes are the perfect cold-tolerant vegetable to plant this season because they mature in as little as 3 weeks.
We have often said that perennials are a gardener’s bread and butter. Perennials are loved by all because they are plants and flowers that return year after year. Usually when a plant has been labeled a perennial you can expect it to come back at least 2 years after planting it.
It is almost time to start planting our cold season crops like cauliflower. While growing most of the cold season crops is fairly easy, cauliflower is a bit more temperamental. Today, we would like to share with you why and how to fix it.
Welcome back to our Beginner Gardening Wednesday series. This series is designed to offer tips and tricks to all gardening levels.
For this Beginner Gardening Wednesday, we turn our attention to staking tomato plants. Growing tomatoes is a great first step if you are new to gardening. They are fairly easy to grow and offer a rewarding harvest. Who doesn’t love a BLT sandwich made with garden fresh tomatoes?
Winds undulate while snowflakes accumulate! So cold it’s hard to believe we’ll be relieved but Spring has sunshine up her sleeve. And tho we’re wary, we know snow is temporary!
~ 2008 Old Farmer’s Almanac
Great news! There are only 23 days left until spring. March 20th is the first day of spring and I know I’m counting the days. Like the quote above, sunshine is coming along with the season of growing.
For some parts of the country, gardeners will already be able to get out and start planting. Even here in Southeast Michigan, by the end of April, we will be able to get out into the garden and start preparing.