Mark your calendar to plant peas on St. Patrick’s Day
Let It Grow By Tammy Thornton While some of you may celebrate the holiday by dyeing everything green, gardeners know that St. Patrick’s Day is the ideal time to plant peas. But that’s just a rule of thumb. Technically, you can plant peas as soon as the soil can be...Drawing inspiration from the 2024 Philadelphia Flower Show – “United by Flowers”
Let It Grow By Tammy Thornton With spring just around the corner, South Jersey gardeners are eagerly plotting out new color schemes using flowers that they have been dreaming about all winter long. Garden clubs have reconvened, and nurseries have reopened, overflowing...Early blooms and garden prep: Welcoming spring in South Jersey
Let It Grow By Tammy Thornton Winter is tough. Short, gray, cold days leave us longing for vitamin D. Just a glimpse of the sun gives us hope, and then it’s gone again. For the gardener, the wait has been especially tough, and we yearn to dig our hands into the thawed...Let’s talk about color in the garden
Let It Grow By Tammy Thornton Color is a critical aspect of the garden. We may get carried away at the garden nursery and become enchanted with soft-pink roses, then turn the corner as bright orange dinnerplate dahlias catch our eye. We fill our shopping cart with...Bring colorful primroses indoors to fight the winter blues
By Tammy Thornton Dreary days and cold temperatures may have you suffering from the winter blues. But here’s the good news: Spring is just over four weeks away. But that may be a small consolation when you are looking out over a cold, brown garden and wrapping...
