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Dependable information to support your landscaping efforts~ Hi! I’m Ilona- yes, there is a real “Ilona“, and I have a real garden. Welcome to my personal garden site. On this site I try to give you lots of information, the type that I always wanted from my resources. The Background Story ...
Five Container Tips and Five Container Recipes
Five Tips For Happy Containers Use sphagnum moss to retain moisture. Planting in sun? Don’t use dark colored containers which soak up more heat. Use the largest containers to give your plants the best root growing environment. Larger containers look more impressive, too. How you water is an...
Your Own French Potager
There are Kitchen gardens, and then there is the French potager. Like saying, there is cuisine, and then there is French cuisine. You may interpret the distinction in your own mind, but I think there is a subcategory that the French potager holds as all its own in the concept of kitchen...
Posted by the gardener in Featured Articles, plant profiles

Aquilegia canadensis, Wild Columbine...

Aquilegia canadensis Aquilegia canadensis, Wild Columbine is a woodland plant of springtime. It blooms mid to late spring in my garden. It grows in partly shady, partly sunny openings and waves in the brisk...
Posted by the gardener in easy garden lessons, good soil

5 Tips to Improve Clay Soil...

soil amendments Every type of soil has its good and bad characteristics, and like every woman knows, it is a matter of playing up the good features that creates the beauty of the whole. Clay soil has some...
Posted by the gardener in Featured Articles, perennials, plant profiles

Asclepias tuberosa ‘Butterfly ...

Butterflies love them Butterfly weed, Asclepias tuberosa, isn’t as popular as it could be. Maybe the combination of the “weed” appellation and the bright orange color, but this is really a...
Posted by the gardener in garden stories, general gardening, landscaping

Flora and Fauna: Hummingbirds...

Animated Jewels of the Garden The tiny hummingbird captures our hearts with a fascination few other birds inspire. And since I have my own little anecdote to share,they rate an entire page to themselves;...
Posted by the gardener in Featured Articles, perennials, plant profiles

Sedum Spectabile Variegatum...

An asset to any garden. This variegated sedum has long been one of my favorites. It began as a “passalong” plant from a friend, and as the years went by its fine qualities slowly revealed...
Posted by the gardener in Featured Articles, garden theme, insects, plant lists

Encouraging the Honeybees: Making a ...

The honeybee populations of the USA have been drastically diminishing [Learn about Colony Collapse Disorder], and though no one knows exactly why, one factor is less foraging. We gardeners can do something...
Posted by the gardener in easy garden lessons, general gardening

Ten Best Articles on Starting From S...

Expert advice offered on all aspects of starting seeds for your garden is available for free. I gathered what I consider some of the best and most thorough information pages. Many of the PDF files are the...
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