Hands-on gardening information and inspiration for real-life gardeners. Gardening in zone 5b, but much of the information offered here is applicable to a wide range of zones and areas. Let's garden together!

Boxwood is back! 🌳 Coming back from blight
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Boxwood is back! 🌳 Coming back from blight
Climbing hydrangeas stealing the show 🌿 Beautiful garden stroll
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Climbing hydrangeas stealing the show 🌿 Beautiful garden stroll
Join me for a sip & stroll around the garden 🌿 Bonus bunny chase
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Join me for a sip & stroll around the garden 🌿 Bonus bunny chase
Bringing the banana back to a huge pot 🍌 🌴 Meet Chiquita
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Bringing the banana back to a huge pot 🍌 🌴 Meet Chiquita
Containers to please a crowd 🌿 Herbs + poolside tropicals
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Containers to please a crowd 🌿 Herbs + poolside tropicals
Ornamental + edible container 🌿 Mix it up!
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Ornamental + edible container 🌿 Mix it up!
Garden stroll through the land of gargantuan Hostas & glorious Viburnums
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Garden stroll through the land of gargantuan Hostas & glorious Viburnums
Pocket shade garden spruce-up 🌿 So satisfying!
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Pocket shade garden spruce-up 🌿 So satisfying!
Planting containers in a tricky sun spot
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Planting containers in a tricky sun spot
Weekly garden stroll 🌿 May 26, 2024
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Weekly garden stroll 🌿 May 26, 2024
Planting the first summer containers of the year! 🌿
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Planting the first summer containers of the year! 🌿
A trio of planting projects 🌿 Beautiful groundcover, bulletproof evergreen, perennial from seed
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A trio of planting projects 🌿 Beautiful groundcover, bulletproof evergreen, perennial from seed
Weekly garden stroll 🌿 May 19, 2024
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Weekly garden stroll 🌿 May 19, 2024
Get started with dahlias 🌿 A guide to the basics
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Get started with dahlias 🌿 A guide to the basics
Weekly garden stroll 🌿 May 12, 2024
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Weekly garden stroll 🌿 May 12, 2024
Gardening at opposite ends of the world 🌎 Climate opportunities & challenges
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Gardening at opposite ends of the world 🌎 Climate opportunities & challenges
The best garden project I've ever done? 🌷A spectacular bulb mound update
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The best garden project I've ever done? 🌷A spectacular bulb mound update
Weekly garden stroll 🌿 May 5, 2024 🌿 Everything is popping!
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Weekly garden stroll 🌿 May 5, 2024 🌿 Everything is popping!
The banana returns! 🌿 Potting up for a new year
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The banana returns! 🌿 Potting up for a new year
A final(?) seed room tour 🌿 These plants need to move out
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A final(?) seed room tour 🌿 These plants need to move out
A spring garden stroll 🌿 April 28, 2024 🌿 Mother Nature has been busy!
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A spring garden stroll 🌿 April 28, 2024 🌿 Mother Nature has been busy!
The plant that nearly broke me 🌿 Repotting giant clematis
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The plant that nearly broke me 🌿 Repotting giant clematis
A stroll around the spring garden 🌿 April 20, 2024
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A stroll around the spring garden 🌿 April 20, 2024
Planting onions, strawberries and lettuce🌿 Back in the veg garden
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Planting onions, strawberries and lettuce🌿 Back in the veg garden
A stroll around my zone 5b/6a garden 🌿 April 13, 2024
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A stroll around my zone 5b/6a garden 🌿 April 13, 2024
The spring planter I HAD to make 🌷
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The spring planter I HAD to make 🌷
7 plants I'll never grow again* 🌿 (*probably 😃)
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7 plants I'll never grow again* 🌿 (*probably 😃)
Answering garden questions (on the go) + YOUR postcards!
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Answering garden questions (on the go) + YOUR postcards!
Seed starting marathon 🌱🌱🌱 (It's GO TIME!)
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Seed starting marathon 🌱🌱🌱 (It's GO TIME!)
Stress-free hydrangea pruning
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Stress-free hydrangea pruning