Anyone who is interested in organic gardening has most likely heard of heirloom seeds. With all the talk of GMO seeds, heirloom seeds (those that are passed down from one generation to the next) are very much in demand by gardeners who want a "true" vegetable.

My great grandmother was an avid gardener. I can barely remember her, but I do remember her garden. She was also a seed saver and she passed her seeds to her daughter who did the same. ...»

Have you seen the price of decorative hose guards lately? Well, I have and it made my blood pressure rise! Since early spring I have been on the hunt for pretty hose guards to prepare for ...»

Coleus is a hardy annual that is grown for its colorful leaves. It does have flowers but they are fairly indiscriminate and I normally just cut them off when they appear, since this makes my plant get bushier.

The plant comes in so many varieties now. They take easily from cuttings dipped in rooting power, so I will often buy three or four and pretty much strip them down into dozens of cuttings. A few weeks later, all of my garden beds are growing the beauties. ...»

Are you a big coffee drinker? If you are, you will have used coffee grounds. Don't throw them away...used them in the garden.

There are many ways to use them. Camellias, hydrangeas, and roses are all nitrogen loving plants so the coffee grounds help.

The grounds are also a great deterrent for slugs and snails around hostas and other plants that the pests love.

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As I was perusing through the Pottery Barn catalog one day, I came upon a photo with this flower trough centerpiece with beautiful hydrangeas sitting on it. It immediately made me think ...»

I was given this plant a few days ago, but was not told what type it was, aside from it being an indoor plant. When I received the plant, the leaves were almost black with bugs and the starting to turn a yellow color. I washed the leaves last night which seemed to help it a bit, but the leaves are still turning yellow. The plant was bone dry, so I watered it a bit and put it in a sunny location, but not direct sun light. There are also little bulbs that are there, but the gal that gave ...»

Come walk around the garden and see the blooms of the day here in Our Fairfield Garden in Delaware. ...»

Propagation is the art of taking one plant and using parts of it to make another. Sometimes this is done by division, such as with perennials. Other times, a leaf or a stem is used to make a new plant. Most of the time when cuttings are mentioned as a means of propagation, it is with house plants. I decided to try it this year with tomato plants.

I had my doubts. For some reason, I just had not thought of ever trying to take cuttings of veggie ...»

H and I have been working quite a bit in our backyard this summer, We both enjoy gardening and I wanted to share some photos of our progress!