My favorite garden… »
In 1995, my daughter, who was 17 at the time, established a woodland shade garden in our backyard around the base of a large Tulip Tree (Lireodendron tulipifera.) She piled up some composted sod that we had taken up, all around the base of the tree. Then she spent time over several days searching out [Read More...]
Lettuce in Winter: Part 2 »
We spaded the ground in our unheated greenhouse, removing weeds and debris. To spade, push your shovel in the ground and lift a shovel full of dirt out of the ground. Turn your whole shovel over and let the dirt fall back into the hole you just made. The point of doing this is to [Read More...]
Let’s Get Vertical Gardening »
What’s better than a living piece of art? With vertical gardening that’s exactly what you’re getting and as a bonus, you get to help out the environment. The great thing is that a vertical garden can be made out of almost anything. Just search vertical gardening on Pinterest and you will be led through a world of [Read More...]
Thoughts After the Philadelphia Flower Show: A Fractured Community? »
Early last month, a few of us from Greenhouse Megastore made the trek over to Pennsylvania for the Philadelphia Flower Show. Truthfully, I had no idea what to expect, although I have been entrenched in gardening since childhood. And by “entrenched” I mean: Mom: Jordan, you see those 4,000 weeds growing up by the [Read More...]
How to Start a Vegetable Garden »
Welcome to our first ever video series! We’ll be adding new videos periodically throughout the growing season with updated information and even more adorable animations. However, we’re certainly not the alpha and omega of knowledge here, and we would really love to see additional vegetable garden advice and suggestions from our knowledgeable and awesome readers. [Read More...]
Demystifiying Organic: 5 Simple Ways to Go Organic »
There’s a laundry list of words, sometimes awesome words, that have been rendered pretty much useless by overuse and/or misuse. You probably notice this with marketing terms the most. For example, does anything being called extreme really catch your attention anymore? And honestly, how often does something you see being touted as epic, actually end [Read More...]
Plant Profile: Amaryllis »
This plant profile is a real crowd favorite! Common Name(s): Amaryllis is actually the common name even though it is the generic name for another plant that looks similar, but is a hardier specimen from South Africa. Scientific Name: Hippeastrum (hip-ee-AS-trum) from the Amaryllidaceae family. Hippeastrum is Greek for knights star. The common name, Amaryllis, [Read More...]
Creating Organic Matter in a Garden »
Health of the garden depends on organic matter. What happens below the soil line is really more important as what happens above the soil. In gardening, many products are called organic matter. Animal manures, peat moss from bogs, leaves, straw, newspaper, sludge, yard and garden waste, kitchen scraps, and green manures or cover crops. These [Read More...]
How a Fetus Made Me Appreciate Our Vegetable Garden »
There’s nothing that can disrupt life like a baby, with the possible exception of a third baby (crazy parents of 3+ children know what I’m talking about). Just when you think you have the whole parenting thing figured out, along comes another personality to care and nurture for that is, conveniently, nothing like any of [Read More...]
Lettuce in Winter: Part 1 »
Starting lettuce in winter was successful for us. We transplanted it into a raised bed inside our unheated greenhouse. We covered the raised bed in a low tunnel as well, we then snaked a heating cable through the bed and set out a heat lamp that turned on when it got close to the freezing [Read More...]