The weather is finally perking up here in Northwest Ohio and Monrovia has given me another chance to enjoy my outdoor green space. As a provider of high quality, selectively bred annuals and perennials Monrovia Plants asked me this time to find a way to “embrace your space” with beautiful plantings. There are hundreds of …
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Container Planting
Plants That Tell You When To Water
There are many products on the market that are made to make remembering to water your plants easier. Whether it’s a ceramic worm that changes color or a glass globe with a long tube that sticks into the soil and self waters there is one thing you have to do – PAY ATTENTION. Neither of …
Nature Braving the Cold
In the past few weeks we have had incredible ups and downs in temperature. Since about the 8th of November it’s been mostly down, way down. The week before it was in the 60s and 70s and then January came out of nowhere. Nights have been down in the 20s and our heating system in …
Finally, some rain. Ahhhhhhhhhh :-)
It has been at least a couple of weeks since we have had any significant rainfall. And it’s been hot, really hot. With temps up in the 90s and little cloud cover of breeze the afternoons and sometimes even the mornings and evenings have been unbearable. Thank goodness for central air. The poor plants have …
My Contribution to Earth Day
Monday I spent most of the day driving around because I had appointments everywhere but home. It was nice though because my baby girl got to spend some time with her cousins. I took the opportunity to get some cow manure compost, petunias, basil, rosemary, sweet marjoram and lavender at the local Lowe’s store. There …