Subject: GARDEN disPATCH: Summer Garden Wins & Favorites
GARDEN disPATCH: Summer Garden Wins & Favorites
August 30th, 2020 at 5:55 am EDTSunday Greetings, Gardener! We’re shifting into fall gardening mode, even though it’s several weeks before the calendar makes it official in zone 7a. The garden is still abuzz with bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. The Joe Pye Weed blossoms ar ...
GARDEN disPATCH: Can You Freeze Cucumbers?
August 23rd, 2020 at 7:07 am EDTSunday Greetings, Gardener! One of the most commonly searched articles on GardensAll is “can you freeze cucumbers”. With all the cukes coming in from the garden harvest, after making all of the pickles and fridge pickles we can use, our next most ...
GARDEN disPATCH: Dragon; Opal; Pruning; M&M’s
August 16th, 2020 at 5:55 am EDTGreetings Gardener! This week... Dragon Tongue Bush Beans and Dark Opal Basil The beans are like wax beans with a marvelous flavor and no strings. Of course, the basil enhances all kinds of dishes including soups and salads. Added bonus-you know how ...
GARDEN disPATCH: Passion Flower; Earwigs; Ants; Garden Poetry;
August 9th, 2020 at 5:05 am EDTSUNDAY GREETINGS, GARDENER! FLOWERS!! The vibrant pansies that brought in the late spring have long been replaced by marigolds, nasturtium, celosia, ageratum, and, eventually, sunflowers partnered with zinnias. And we’ve included actual shrubs li ...
GARDEN disPATCH: Fiesta Hibiscus; Cattails; Seedlings!
August 2nd, 2020 at 4:09 pm EDTSUPER SUNDAY, GARDENER! Sow What? #August! When smack dab in the heart of summer’s heat, it’s hard to think about fall planting. But, this year, I was determined to get some seedlings started for planting in late September. We seeded kale, bro ...