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Other Gardening News (K-Z) (30)Gardening It's the rainy season for many of you. With some unseasonably warm temperatures up north, it's the rainy season for more gardeners than usual. And with rain comes snails and slugs. Yuck! Like deer and free plants, slugs are a never ending source of befuddlement... What would Thanksgiving turkey be without sage? Sage is one of those wonderful Mediterranean herbs that asks only for sun and warmth and then takes care of itself. Being an evergreen, even northern gardeners are able to harvest fresh sage leaves at Thanksgiving (snow permitting)... Gardening Question of the Week: My Amaryllis Won’t Go Dormant. Should I force it? I get a lot of questions about plants that don't behave the way the books say they're supposed to. Plants and deer really should pay better attention to all the research we've done on them and play along, don't you think? Until then, we have to learn to go with nature... Do you feed the birds in your backyard? If so, you can be a participant in Project FeederWatch, a winter-long survey of visiting birds. FeederWatchers count the numbers of birds at their feeders and report the totals, by bird species... Take a Little Time to Winterize Your Trees Most of us don't give our trees a second thought, unless something looks wrong. Unfortunately once you see the symptom of a problem with your tree, it's probably too far gone to fix. Since a mature tree is a painful thing to lose, it's worth giving them a little extra care... Favorite Gardens What’s a Favorite Garden You’ve Toured? I love visiting gardens. I enjoy seeing the personal edens other gardeners create around their homes and I can spend hours wandering public gardens, picking up tips and inspiration. When you think about it, it's amazing that we have so many people willing to put their time and efforts into creating and maintaining public gardens What could be better than a garden where the sole purpose is to delight and inspire me? You've heard me encourage people to take advantage of programs like the Garden Conservancy's Open Days, where some of the finest gardens in the U... Featured Plant: Sweet Potatoes Some vegetables really need to hire better PR people. The poor sweet potato suffers from being confused with the yam. No relation. And the potato. No relation. Sweet potatoes are high in fiber and good sources of Vitamins A & C... Gardening Question of the Week: What’s the Difference Between a Variety and a Cultivar? Plant names can be very confusing. One person's 'Love Lies Bleeding' is another's 'Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate'. Then there are those taxonomy enigmas where Actaea is the plant formerly known as Cimicifuga... And the Winners Are...Fall Color Photo Challenge I have a love/hate relationship with fall. I bet a lot of you do, too. It's not that I hate winter; I actually enjoy winter sports and there's nothing to compare with the sunrise after a snow storm. Still, I'd rather be outside gardening... Maples get all the attention in the fall, but there are plenty of other trees that put on a decent display. I'm especially fond of oak trees at any time of year. There's an oak across the street from me that never seems to drop its leaves...
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