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You can have a better garden if you:

improve your soil – I experimented and researched and now I want to share all that! In quest of a good garden?
plant in harmony with your land -finding the “spirit of your place”
choose the right plants for your soil and climate- if you need detailed information on particular plants check the ‘Plant Highlight‘ pages, with description, growing requirements, and fun facts.

Gardening is fun and it something that welcomes all levels of interest and ability. If you start with those three points above, you just may find yourself branching out into designing and experimenting with plants to create your own unique environment. Your home and all the extensions of it, whether the yard or your houseplants, all influence your feeling of well being and that of those around you. Sometimes it is surprising how much! Dig further into the site for inspiration and ideas:

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“We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.”

Where and How Did I Start?

Ohio is my home state, and I was born and raised here… this is where I have gardened. It is strongly agricultural in profile, and I live in a rural area of it now, though previously my yard was an urban one. Clay soil and clay loam, decent rainfall, and a moderate climate give us Ohio’s famous “green-ness”. Much of the Midwest is similar in regards to gardening practice… and certain things are true for all gardeners, including the basics for creating a home garden landscape. I call myself a “Midwestern Gardener”.

For the truly curious, read About my garden (and me).

Making my own gardens since 1973, helping in my mother’s flower beds, and my grandfather’s vegetable patch and rose plantings before that, means I have developed this horticultural passion very early in life. Reading everything I could get my hands on from the library’s book shelves, bookstore purchases, visiting public gardens (and private ones!) whenever possible, while paying attention to landscapes wherever I go, this is a topic that has become a lifelong interest. Life is just too short for the occupation of gardening. “Though an old man, I am but a young gardener”, as Thomas Jefferson has said. I have even worked in other peoples gardens, although a “mature gardener” now, without as much strength for that kind of effort. Not beyond giving my “sage” advice, though, creating these pages for my readers to enjoy and draw from. Age hasn’t dampened my enthusiasm one bit! I’m a gardener who writes for other gardeners (and those gardeners-to-be).

Some Suggestions

If you are first starting out or intent on improving your landscape, get some good reference books for quickly locating plant “how-to”. Please consider looking at what’s new in the aStore, Garden Sundries. Take a look at the “Cottage Garden” category, if you love that style. Amazon affiliate links are a way I support this site and one way I can continue giving free garden information. It is also the way I can point my readers to the books and tools that benefit them.

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