I planted my first row of zinnias because I wanted flowers that would carry the yard from the day school got out to the day it started back up. Most “all-summer” lists fib a little. Plenty of flowers bloom for…
My grandmother never watered her garden. Not once, as far as I can remember. She’d plant things in spring, walk away, and somehow by July the whole front was covered in color. I asked her about it once and she…
I killed two full batches of tomato seedlings before I figured this out. The first time I overwatered them until they rotted. The second time I moved them outside too early and they fried in one afternoon.
I spent the first year after moving staring at the bare front of our house wondering what to plant. Everything felt like a gamble. Wrong size, wrong spot, wrong shrub, and you’re ripping it out in three years.
