Originally appeared at National Gardening Bureau Written By: Janice Cox Author of: Beautiful Lavender Three simple recipes for cooking with lavender Lavender is so much more than a relaxing scent or a closet sachet. Lavender’s pretty purple buds and green leaves are a highly sought-after culinary ingredient. You will find it in restaurants around the world […]
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Yes, you can! Create a garden with therapeutic benefits
Originally appeared at National Gardening Bureau Written by Lesley Fleming, Nova Scotia Horticulture for Health Network Therapeutic gardens, typically seen at healthcare facilities, are “designed for use as a component of a treatment, rehabilitation, or vocational program… to meet the needs of a specific user or population…to accommodate participant’s goals and to facilitate people-plant interactions” (American Horticultural […]
Fall is the perfect time to plant shrubs
Originally appeared at National Gardening Bureau Shrubs are some of the most reliable and hardworking plants in the garden. They are long-lived, big enough to make an impact while still fitting into gardens of any size (even container gardens!), and some offer the same flowers, fragrance, leaf color, or pollinator appeal as your favorite annuals and perennials. […]
Fall-planted bulbs lead to a colorful spring
Originally appeared at National Gardening Bureau Fall is in the air and that means it’s time for mums, pumpkins, apples … and planting spring-blooming flower bulbs! Invest an hour or two this fall to enjoy weeks of color next spring. Flowering fall bulbs have an important energy reserve. Inside each bulb is a reserve of stored energy that […]
Houseplants Make Us Happy, Keep Us Healthy!
Originally appeared at National Gardening Bureau The houseplant is making a comeback, and it couldn’t come at a better time than in the midst of a pandemic. With so many people these days working from home offices and generally spending more time in their kitchens, living rooms, and family rooms, houseplants provide environmental, health, and ornamental benefits […]
#FallisforPlanting Fall-Planted Bulbs Guarantee a Colorful Spring Garden
Fall-Planted Bulbs Guarantee a Colorful Spring Garden Fall is in the air and that means it’s time for mums, pumpkins, apples… and planting spring-blooming flower bulbs! Invest an hour or two this fall to enjoy weeks of color next spring. Flowering fall bulbs have an important energy reserve. Inside each bulb is a reserve of stored energy […]
#Fallisforplanting Perennials Plus Tomato, Bacon & Basil Tart 😋
Tips on planting your perennials this Fall Fall is a great time to add perennials to your Victory Garden 2.0! Fall may be a better time to plant perennials than spring. Like spring, fall has cooler, rainier weather that is more conducive to helping plants establish. Unlike spring, fall doesn’t subject freshly planted perennials to […]
#Fallisforplanting (Dividing) Bearded Irises Plus Marvelous Marigolds!
In this, the Year of the Iris, let’s talk a bit about a Victory Garden 2.0 fall gardening task that comes up every few years: dividing your bearded irises (Iris × germanica). This iris, often called German iris, produces large multicolored flowers in late spring or early summer that bear, on their slightly drooping sepals, a fuzzy “beard”, […]
Simple Ways to Extend the Autumn Harvest
Just because summer comes to a close doesn’t mean the homegrown harvest has to end. Written by Niki Jabbour Savvy Gardening In my large vegetable garden, I plant new seeds and seedlings from mid-summer through early fall so that we have plenty of vegetables to harvest in autumn and even winter. And I live in Canada! […]
Start a Foodscape Revolution This Fall!
Originally appeared at National Gardening Bureau This fall get inspired to start a foodscape revolution of your own! The idea is simple, just plant a few of your favorite veggies right in your landscape. Fill up the open space and cultivate FOOD! While you are at it, inspire your neighbors to do the same and suddenly […]