Some of my favorite (woody) babies
I’m partial to woody plants. You know, shrubs and trees. Why? Because they are dependable and often easier to grow than herbaceous plants. At least for me, they tend to live longer – a lot longer. Many...
View ArticleWhen a Tree Dies in the Garden, Who Mourns?
When a tree dies, it releases as much carbon as one does if it burns in a forest fire. The warming climate has brought us many more exotic insects (and weeds) that have no natural control in the US....
View ArticleTime to stop and smell the plants!
A very well-known gardener once said to me, “Anyone can do spring.” I know what he meant. In spring, the flowering trees and bulbs bloom all by themselves in landscapes everywhere – months before the...
View ArticleCelebrate a Garden State Gardener and Rutgers Garden
Ken samples the licorice-like fragrance of a yellow-green leaved llicium parviflorum ‘Florida Sunshine’ — gold star-anise. Join Rutgers Gardens in a fundraiser celebrating Ken Druse, New Jersey’s...
View Articletreasure hunting in the garden, with Margaret Roach and Ken
[Special thanks to Margaret for some of the photos.] Ken: Hi, Margaret. I think overwhelmed is the right word. Does this happen every year? It seems to me that it happens every year. Margaret: It does,...
View ArticleThe Virtual Garden Club
I want to let you know about a new online project my longtime friend Margaret Roach and I are about to debut. Please share this email with your friends and fellow gardeners who would be interested in...
View ArticleThis week’s radio visit with Margaret Roach
Check out and listen to our latest radio show and podcast with Margaret Roach and me on A Way to Garden. We answer listeners’ questions about woodchucks, sowing seeds of perennials, hardening-off...
View ArticleAdd “Odds” When Planting
A garden is not just a collection of plants with one of this and one of that — random polka-dots of plants. There is a garden design dictum that specifies that perennials must be placed in groups of...
View ArticleA Very Big Show
When we bought the little house on the road in New Jersey, I wanted a rose to climb across the front fence. I had seen a climbing variety at The Brooklyn Botanic Garden that I thought be just right. It...
View ArticleSave some Seeds
I visited Margaret Roach’s podcast as I do once a month. Our topic was harvesting seeds from our own plants. You can check out the podcast, here:...
View ArticleWinter sowing with milk-jug mini cold frames
In recent times, some people are experimenting with homemade outdoor mini cold frames made from gallon milk jugs and plastic takeout containers — especially those sold with rotisserie chickens (left)....
View ArticleKen Interviewed by Kathy Jentz
Washington Gardener’s Podcast features Ken on general types of propagation. The episode is hosted by editor of Washington Gardener magazine, Kathy Jentz. “In this episode of GardenDC: The Podcast about...
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