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Planting Succulents In Your Garden
Pink Ice Plant Various forms of sedum. Succulents love to be in containers. In my teen years I was lucky enough to live near a giant nursery that specialized in cacti and succulents. It is long gone but...
3 commentsGarden Tales: Sedums
They may go often unnoticed as they sit there quietly doing their job but they are also capable of putting on a great display. The Common Stonecrop or Sedum acre is an evergreen perennial that...
4 commentsToads and frogs
Fed up with slugs and snails eating your plants? Worried about the damage to the environment being done by slug pellets? Then you need the expert help of the common toad and frog. But how can you attract...
11 commentsPerennials For Hot Dry Gardens
Sedum - Dragon's Blood - Ground CoverMany of us have them. Those corners in the lawn, spaces between the sidewalk and the street, or strips of dessert along the driveway that never get water and are fried by...
1 commentThe Autumn fruit and vegetable garden
Autumn is always a busy time at Les Trois Chenes, our farm house bed and breakfast in deepest rural France when all the fruit and vegetables in the orchards, hedgerows and garden ripen at the same time. It is...
3 commentsCoastal Gardening in November
My garden on a dull November day. I had been away for a few weeks at the end of October and early November. Before departure, my son had mowed the lawn, and then stored the mower for the winter. I took the...
2 commentsTen Perennial Groundcovers
Groundcovers are an important element in your landscape planning. They can cover a large area quickly, reduce the time and energy of weeding, and act as a living mulch. There are groundcovers that thrive in...
3 commentsFlowers and Vegetables in a Michigan Garden August 2009 deedsphotos
This has been a good year in Michigan for flower and vegetable gardens, cool and plenty of rain. Perhaps a bit too cool for tomatoes which were late but well worth waiting for. Here are some pictures taken in...
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