Landscaping – Growing A Greener World TV

One of the most important outdoor activities I save for the dormant months is to limb up my trees. I have a lot of them, and left unchecked, they could The post Limbing up Trees appeared firs...

https://www.growingagreenerworld.com/limbing-up-trees/

Summer’s end is often a welcome time for many, especially if you enjoy gardening and working on your home landscape. The cooler post-summer weather is just what many of us The post Fall Lawn...

https://www.growingagreenerworld.com/fall-lawn-renovation/

I relish the opportunity to study a garden in the winter. When trees and shrubs are void of leaves and groundcovers have died back until spring, we are able to The post Creating Winter Interes...

https://www.growingagreenerworld.com/creating-winter-interest-2/

In my zone 7 garden, I’m always rewarded in very early spring with a neon display of petite flower blooms from my lungwort (Pulmonaria) plants, scattered throughout the garden. One The post ...

https://www.growingagreenerworld.com/pulmonaria-a-great-plant-for-shade/

Spring is an opportune time to plant groundcovers. Although multiple varieties of delightful groundcovers abound, looking closely at specific low-growing, evergreen, and blooming options is quite...

https://www.growingagreenerworld.com/groundcovers-low-growing-options/

As a landscape designer, the most common request I hear from my clients is for “low maintenance” (although I sometimes think that actually means NO maintenance!). Most homeowners want to T...

https://www.growingagreenerworld.com/why-good-design-is-important/

Whenever I’m diagnosing a plant problem on the radio or face-to-face, my first question is usually, have you done a soil test? The answer is almost always “no”, which is The post Soil Te...

https://www.growingagreenerworld.com/soil-test-your-first-step-to-success/

As our work days get longer, and daylight hours get shorter this time of year, the only time we might have to enjoy our gardens is after the sun goes The post Enjoy your Garden After Dark, Not...

https://www.growingagreenerworld.com/enjoy-your-garden-after-dark-not-in-the-dark/

Piddling (verb): the art and certainly not science of spending random amounts of time in your garden, aimlessly doing nothing of significance and without any specific agenda or purpose. Once T...

https://www.growingagreenerworld.com/lifestyle-trends-in-the-garden/

As a gardening television host and writer, I have the good fortune of seeing a lot of incredible gardens around the country. Wherever I go, just about every memorable garden The post Using Foc...

https://www.growingagreenerworld.com/using-focal-points-to-make-a-good-garden-great/

One of the most effective actions you can take to mitigate the problem of an eroding slope is to break up the rate of water decent by constructing terraces or The post Using Terraces or Retain...

https://www.growingagreenerworld.com/using-terraces-or-retaining-walls-to-control-erosion/

There have been quite a few lively discussions going on in the gardening blogosphere  about the lack of quality garden-related programs on HGTV, DIY and others anymore. My blog (Compost The p...

https://www.growingagreenerworld.com/keep-the-g-in-hgtv-please/

Millions of people put bird food in feeders or plant their yard to attract birds each year. Unfortunately, far less continue supplying food through the winter months when natural food The post...

https://www.growingagreenerworld.com/feeding-and-care-of-birds-in-winter-2/

What have I gotten myself into this time? While I painstakingly redo my lawn for the second time in a year, my wise Master Gardener friend tilled hers up for The post To Mow, or not to Mow ap...

https://www.growingagreenerworld.com/to-mow-or-not-to-mow/