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What I’m Doing in the Garden, July Edition
by Gardening Coach Susan Harris More Pruning and Hacking Back First, I have to confess that this photo shows how my garden looked last month. Those astilbes have turned crispy, so I removed the...
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What I really do in the garden in August
by Susan Harris Again, this isn’t one of those looong lists of “chores” in the garden. I’m a gardener of the low-maintenance school, and I always want to know: What do I really, really have to do this...
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September Garden Chores – What I’m Really Doing
by Susan Harris Edibles Finally, I can rip out the remains of my truly sad crop of summer vegetables (or technically fruit – whatever) and try my luck at fall crops. This thing about growing...
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October Chores of the Low-Maintenance Gardener
by Susan Harris Here’s what THIS low-maintenance gardener is doing this month in the garden, starting with grabbing some cheap-and-easy fall color in the form of mums. From perusing photos of them...
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Post-snow warm spell is a great time to start spring clean-up
Miscanthus 'Morning Light' before clean-up by Susan Harris Spring clean-up is a big job in my garden – the biggest one of the year. So this past weekend, with temperatures in the balmy low 50s and my...
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It’s March and there’s LOTS to do in the garden
by Susan Harris What to do in the garden in March was the topic of Gene Sumi’s latest talk to our Golden Spades group, and as I already reported here, that definitely includes pruning. But there’s...
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What I’m really doing in my garden – June 2011 edition
Snowball (L) and Doublefile (R) Viburnums in full bloom last month. I’m a low-maintenance-type gardener, so you can bet I don’t do a lot of unnecessary fussing in the garden. Here’s my bare-minimum...
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Gardening Tips for July
This curbside garden looks its best in July. Watering Click here to read my watering advice to readers and garden-coaching clients – all about keeping plants alive without wasting water. Speaking of...
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What to do in the Garden in November
Some timely gardening tips from the University of Maryland and our own experts. Plant those Bulbs If you haven’t planted your spring-blooming bulbs, like tulips, daffodils, crocus and hyacinths, do it...
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My Gardening Chores for July
Watering This unusually rainy spring and early summer probably won’t last all season, so I know I’ll be doing plenty of watering this month. That’s especially true for everything in containers (except...
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