by Flora Caputo | Jul 8, 2008 | Gardening, Uncategorized
Many annuals in pots, in the Midwest cold zones, do not make it through our hard winters. But we have found ways around Old Man Winter. My husband planted some herbs in two window boxes three years ago. Each fall, we put the boxes in our garage towards the front near...
by Flora Caputo | Jun 14, 2008 | Gardening, Uncategorized
Well, my shade garden I inherited from the previous homeowners was half started. They had planted ground cover and hostas, all with landscape liner. They also set pavers as paths creating a very graphic design to the garden, and I think used the landscape liner to...
by Flora Caputo | Jun 8, 2008 | Gardening, Uncategorized
First of all, grass is NOT NATIVE to North America. Grass species were brought here from England and France, among other places. England has a much different climate than areas of North America, so growing grass will ALWAYS take a lot of resources, time, and sadly,...