Designing a Bulb Garden© We all know tulips and perhaps crocus. However, have you ever thought about designing a section of your garden with only bulbs? I like bulbs because they give a lot back in not only color, blossoms, cut flowers, fragrance (some times), but they... ( added 1 year 63 days ago.)

Lets Build a Greenhouse and Go Into Business! © Easier said than done! If you are anything like me the greenhouse will be built, the plants set and then something takes me out of town for two weeks and when I come back, "forgetaboutit!! We have built several greenhouses over our life times... ( added 1 year 63 days ago.)

How to Create a Spiritual Garden© Creating stress free sacred spaces outdoors should really be an essential part of a gardener's plan when designing the garden. When designing a garden it becomes more than just laying out a "floor plan" for flowers and other plants. It is a portal... ( added 1 year 63 days ago.)

Adding Glass, Crockery and Other Good Stuff to Your Garden© I feel there is more to gardening than fruits, vegetables and flowers. As an artist and a frugal one at that simply because there are occasions when sales are down and I become one of the many "Starving" artists on this planet that I think about... ( added 1 year 64 days ago.)

Recommended Books for Growing Herbs for Profit© As I have often said, "knowledge is power" and over the years I have read more books than I can even remember. However three good books stick in my mind when it comes to raising and selling herbs for profit. The late Bertha Roberts (1919 to 1999)... ( added 1 year 64 days ago.)

Growing Herbs for Profit© I think I have been an entrepreneur since I was 6 years old running errands for my invalid grandmother through the streets of Brooklyn. I have been working legally since I got my first work permit at the age of 14. I have only had 3 or 4 jobs... ( added 1 year 64 days ago.)

Thinking of Becoming an Herbalist? © I am a firm believer in herbalists. I am still walking around, in my personal opinion, because of a couple of good ones. I do believe in doctors especially for broken bones, heart transplants, necessary operations etc. However, at one point in my... ( added 1 year 64 days ago.)

Remember the Old Fashion Kitchen Gardens? © We did not have a garden when I was a kid because I lived in a tenement in Brooklyn. However, every summer we went to stay with relatives either in Staten Island or New Jersey and that was real country in those days. My relatives had kitchen... ( added 1 year 64 days ago.)

The Biggest Seed I Ever Planted Was a Coconut!© When I lived in Florida we had coconut palms all over the place and we would really get coconuts that would grow in clusters and eventually fall to the ground. Once, 36 friends and I pooled some money together and purchased a coconut... ( added 1 year 64 days ago.)

My Sister-in-Law Grows Bananas! © Living in Central and South Florida gives one the ability to grow things that most of us normally do not get to even consider trying. My sister-in-law is an avid gardener who usually has some very special things growing in her small garden.... ( added 1 year 64 days ago.)

The Confessions of a Plant-A-Holic © I think it is almost impossible for me to wait for spring each year in order to get a bunch of plants growing outside. Since we moved to Kentucky and a smaller home I have had to curtail my indoor plants to about 12 feet of African Violets and... ( added 1 year 64 days ago.)

You’re Never Too Young to Start Gardening© Today's children have so much to do that they never seem to have much free time and the opposite side of the coin is that many of today's children do have lots of free time and it is spent with Game Boys or watching TV. If you are fortunate to... ( added 1 year 64 days ago.)

Organic Gardening B.C. (Before Cash) © Many of us have excess produce in our gardens or want to sell our organically grown fruits and vegetables for a profit. In order to have a profit you need customers and you especially need customers who have cash! Over the years I have found to... ( added 1 year 64 days ago.)

Decorating With House Plants© During the long winters, years ago, in Northern New York, house plants were part of our home decoration. They lined our window ledges and filled up tables set up in front of the sunniest windows in our homes. I don't think I can remember any home... ( added 1 year 64 days ago.)

Make Your Own Fall Garden Calendar© The lazy days of summer are coming to an end and the mornings have the early fall chill. In the evenings sitting on the patio usually requires a sweater after sun down. If we have had a drought towards the end of the summer we make sure we water... ( added 1 year 65 days ago.)

Make Your Own Mid-Summer Garden Calendar© The gardens are looking good, you have been harvesting some vegetables and cut flowers, the days are long and lazy and hot, hot, hot so make sure you wear a hat out in the garden, sun screen and plan your day for early morning garden chores from 6... ( added 1 year 65 days ago.)

Make Your Own Early Summer Garden Calendar© Again we welcome any spare time we have to continue the job of weeding. I think many people love gardens and probably love gardening if it were not for the chore of constant weeding. We keep on mowing and do not remove more than one third of the... ( added 1 year 65 days ago.)

Make Your Own Mid-Spring Garden Calendar© Mid-Spring is the time to plant any new trees and shrubs. It is not necessary to amend the soil unless you have the rockiest or clay-like soil in the universe. Choose your trees and shrubs with care remembering to plant them in locations that will... ( added 1 year 65 days ago.)

Make Your Own Spring Garden Calendar© As a pilot would not take off without a check list neither should a garden start without a calendar check list. In the early spring once the April showers go then rake up your lawn and get it ready for re-seeding any brown patches or areas that... ( added 1 year 65 days ago.)

Zeroscaping or Xeriscaping Landscaping© Prior to retiring, for many years I had to go out to the western states for my business and especially to Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada. As these states and their cities started to grow and tract housing and developments were shooting up all over... ( added 1 year 65 days ago.)

How to Grow Garlic for Home or Profit© The only time I ever grew garlic nothing happened. The following year I was interviewing a local artist for my newspaper column and he and his wife grew giant cloves of garlic that they sold to the locals in their area. After I wrote the article... ( added 1 year 65 days ago.)

How to Build a Rock Garden© When you want to fill up a bad space in your garden or have a water conservancy problem or are never home to maintain a garden, but still want color, consider building a rock garden. One time we had a real rocky slope in a very shady wooded area... ( added 1 year 65 days ago.)

Kids Love to Grow Peanuts© I know peanuts are very cheap to buy so why bother growing them? Well if you have a kid or two and want to teach them gardening and happen to live in a zone that peanuts grow, then that is your answer. Kids really are inquisitive and love to learn... ( added 1 year 65 days ago.)

Looking For Unusual Herbs? © I have a dear friend from South America who turned me on to things to do with my French Marigolds which are considered an herb in South America. She once served me a drink with the little yellow flowers in it and it was delicious and she cooks... ( added 1 year 65 days ago.)

Meet The Walter Family and Their Giant Vegetables. © All photos courtesy of Ernie Martin. I get a lot of gardening email and in March of 2008 I received about 7 emails complete with incredible photos from a fellow in Cresco, Iowa named Ernie Martin. Some of the email photos showed 23 inch... ( added 1 year 65 days ago.)