Gardening tips and advice to help gardeners enjoy their gardens.”
Think Penstemon digitalis, and you automatically match it with cottage gardens. Think beardtongue, and matching with a dragon with facial hair issues is not a far stretch. Yet, these virginal beardtongues could sit happily in most garden designs – and still not scare the kids. Penstemons were an annual fixture in my garden for many […]
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Unless you’re a raving extrovert – there is no judgment here – finding people who share your gardening hobby can be….awkward. Community gardens are a good option. So too are picking the brains of stallholders at weekend markets. If you’re really adventurous, participating in a local gardening busy-bee may be a credible option as well. […]
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Attempting to answer the question, “Are Tomato Plants Poisonous?” must be considered in terms of whom, or what, they are poisonous to. For the average human being, tomato plants and their leaves are not poisonous. The leaves and stems contain solanine, a glycoalkaloid poison that naturally occur in tomato plants, potatoes and eggplant. This toxin […]
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My childhood was vainly sheltered. My understanding of the world included; Mum & Dad sharing a double bed, sisters in pink singles and us boys in anything that could be shaped into a car, fort, tent…whatever didn’t resemble a bed. So it was a fair paradigm shift when I met my first married couple who […]
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One of the most common beliefs by our generation is that cockroaches were the only living creature that could survive a nuclear holocaust. Fortunately, in terms of cockroach control, that belief is just an urban legend. It’s fortunate because if radiation wasn’t even able to destroy these critters then what chance do we, as home […]
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