April 10, 2021 - Issue #508

A gardener learns more in the mistakes than in the successes ~ Barbara Dodge Borland

ARTICLES TO READ

Gardening With Children: Using your Senses

I invite families during this challenging time to go outside with their children and take advantage of our upcoming Spring days. Reconnecting with your children and your child within will go a long way to relieving your stresses as well as theirs.

Irises: Growing and Caring For

Irises are grown throughout the world. Perhaps the most commonly recognized is the bearded iris with thousands of registered cultivars.

Planting Groundcovers

Use low-growing perennial plants and shrubs as groundcovers to cover slopes and rough ground or to replace high-maintenance lawns. Choose plants that thrive in your particular soil and climate.

Hardy Kiwi

Have you tasted these remarkable miniature kiwis yet? Every bit as delicious as the larger, more familiar fuzzy kiwi, hardy kiwis are much easier to grow and eat (skin and all). And just about every home gardener in North America can grow them.

Leeks- Too Good Not to Grow

Leeks have an unfair reputation for being complicated to grow. These delicious, mild-tasting, non-bulbing onion relatives are in fact easy to start from seed and, with some simple techniques, produce long, white stalks that taste great in traditional leek and potato soup, braised in wine, or chopped in casseroles and risottos.

Planting a Pollinator Garden

By creating a garden that attracts a range of pollinators, you can provide vital oases amidst seas of buildings and concrete. Kids can play a role in digging shallow pools and mud puddles and providing piles of twigs and animal hair for nesting materials.