Top 5 Plants for Fall Container Gardens

Top 5 Plants for Fall Container Gardens

Fall is my favorite time of year! I’m usually really excited about the weather getting cooler. Garden work becomes easier and football starts (Go Ravens!). One of my favorite fall activities is putting together a fall container garden. Here are my Top 5 Plants...
3 Plants That Can Ruin Your Garden

3 Plants That Can Ruin Your Garden

There are certain plants that I think most gardens should not have. This is my opinion and to each gardener his/her own. I chose these plants for the work they create as they spread through your garden requiring you to hire someone to come control them when money...
Gardening for the Health of It

Gardening for the Health of It

Gardening is the love of my life. There is nothing that attracts my attention over and over again like the call of harvesting home grown veggies and fruits, moving plants around in my shade garden, expanding garden beds, planting new things around the pond, planting...
Designing and Building a Rain Garden

Designing and Building a Rain Garden

When I studied horticulture at Penn State I took classes in sustainability. One of the interesting things we learned about was using natural methods to treat wastewater and stormwater runoff. We learned about how run off that picks up excess nutrients and chemicals...