What do you do with your de-humidifier water? Water your plants with it! It is like liquid gold! It’s equivalent to watering with distilled water, and your plants will flourish because it doesn’t contain fluoride and chlorine.
Elephant Ears (or Colocasia) are one of my favorite tropical plants and make an excellent addition to any home. Elephant ears are very easy to grow, they come in several sizes and varieties, and you can take them in and out of the house depending on the season! Don’t be afraid to garden outside your… Continue reading Elephant Ears
I love creating the feel of a garden indoors. Especially in the winter. It can be tough surviving the long Wisconsin winters! One way I do this is to experiment and take new cuttings of my indoor plants to see what will root. There is a lot of gratification to be had growing new plants.… Continue reading Tip of the Day – More on Rooting
Mel’s Green Garden plays favorites. My absolute favorite annual of the summer is the Old Fashioned Vining Petunia. The flowers are very fragrant and smell great – particularly at night. It was an accidental discovery I fell madly in love with about seven years ago when Seed Savers had a store on Monroe Street (oh… Continue reading Old-Fashioned Vining Petunias
I have many, many happy memories of hanging out and helping my father in his garden growing up. And now my kids love hanging out in his garden! They love pulling up the carrots, and harvesting the many fruits and veggies. I’m excited to have my dad – one of my favorite gardeners – share… Continue reading Tip of the Day – Preventing tomato leaf blight
Here is my recipe for golf course grass (organic of course). I learned this method of growing grass from my dad, who is known for his beautiful putting green yards. Ingredients: 1 bag of high traffic grass seed 1 bag of sun and shade grass seed 1 bag of shade grass seed 2 bags of organic… Continue reading Growing Green Golf Course Grass
For years, P. Allen Smith has been my favorite gardener to watch and read. He has two shows on PBS that I TiVo and watch weekly; he also has 5 books. I just picked up his fifth book, and it is just as fabulous as his others – P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home, P. Allen… Continue reading Tip of the Day – Indoor Air Quality
On the topic of “going green,” I think Paul James, from the HGTV show Gardening by the Yard, said it best on his Spring Freeze episode. Here is a recap: Going green, focus on the lawn. Turf grass is the most consuming resource plant of all. Each year lawns are doused with millions of gallons of… Continue reading Why Organic?
Mel’s Green Garden Tip of the Day: Weeds, weeds, weeds. One of my favorite tips from my Grandma is to use your grass clippings as mulch. It provides your soil with great nutrients, plus the layer of grass suppresses weeds and conserves water for your plants. I also throw my coffee grounds over the grass… Continue reading Tip of the Day – Amending your soil
Mel’s Green Garden Tip of the Day:Must-have for your summer garden: White Flower Farm’s Strawberries and Cream Asiatic Lilium Mixture (item #S984206, 25 bulbs for $20). This is a great Lily. It has 3 different colors of Lilies: the most beautiful shade of red, creamy white and a pretty pink. It multiplies through the years,… Continue reading Tip of the Day – Bargain Lilies
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