Even if you don’t live in a drought area where water is scarce – and perhaps especially so – xeriscaping your lawn or garden will create a unique and beautiful landscape. Some people view xeriscape as just a bunch of rocks and dry, colorless plants, but the truth is there is much beauty to be [...]

Every garden needs mulch. It serves several important purposes.  The two biggest are moisture retention and weed control. A good, thick layer of mulch will hold in significantly more moisture than the soil alone would normally retain.  This is one of those multiple blessing kind of applications.  It’s good for the environment, because you’re not [...]

Enjoying the view of your flower garden should not have to end when the sun goes down, especially when there are so many wonderful options for garden lighting on the market today. If you are considering adding or changing lights in your garden, you should first decide what theme or mood you want to create. [...]

Just like in real estate, the three most important factors in gardening are location, location, and location. This point was driven home to me recently when I moved my papaya tree ten feet to the left. One day in the full Florida sun and the leaves turned yellow and shriveled to nothing. One day. Before [...]

There is likely no better way to interest a young boy in gardening than to help him start a terrarium filled with alien-looking plants that eat bugs. Carnivorous plants are unique and offer a wide range of interests to occupy young minds. Some of the more common plant insectivores are the venus fly trap, pitcher [...]