Melon Support

I recently spoke to a lady I’d never met before and we got talking about gardening. She said she had a great way of supporting her melons, so she sent me evidence:    Yes – it’s old bras.

When Do I Separate My Daylilies?

Hemerocallis Hot Chocolate

A subscriber asks when she should divide her daylilies: ANSWER: The best time would be late September (or next Spring). The thing about them is that you should try to get the new plants into the ground as soon as possible. Cut off the existing leaves to about 6″ and plant so the crowns are about […]

A-Mulching We will Go

Imitating Nature – But Should We Really Be Doing It? By Elizabeth Spence First of all, thank you very much indeed to our readers who responded to our questions about what they use as mulch and what they think about the topic in general.  Your comments and information, plus our own experience and independent research […]

Sydney Blum: Sculptor

By Elizabeth Spence Sydney Blum doesn’t sculpt “things.” She is not trying to represent something she “sees” in life. Her aim is to sculpt ideas, feelings, moods, vibrations. Her art is not an end result, it is the means to an end. She doesn’t even use titles, because that will tell the viewers where to […]

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