My husband and I have been in our home over 10 years and among all of the things that I have meant to do is to put in a permanent bed for some strawberry plants, which got put on the back burner. I ...
Dale Skaggs discusses uncommon magnolias, and Mr. D. plants bare-root strawberries. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, Dixon Gallery and Gardens Director of Horticulture Dale ...
I was spoiled rotten as a child. No, we didn't have extravagant toys or fancy clothes. We never had a color television set. I didn't have a car until I left for college with an old used American ...
Q: I’d like to try growing strawberries this year. What size plant should I look for? (I think the younger the better, budget-wise.) A: Bare-root bundles of strawberry plants might be the best option ...
I enjoy browsing the produce departments of grocery stores, especially when vegetables and fruits aren’t ready yet in our own backyard gardens. But I must admit I’m disappointed in the quality of ...
Growing strawberries in pots is a simple way to get delicious homegrown fruit all summer long. Any variety of strawberry can be grown in pots and there is a wide range of containers to choose from.
The third week of February and it is time to start planting — but not everything can go into the ground. It still is too cold and early to set out annuals, plant most new perennials or to seed a new ...
Happy New Year! My New Year’s wish is for nice, slow, soaking rainfalls to help our new plants establish and our established plants thrive. What’s your garden wish for 2025? Bare root fruit trees, ...
Plucking summer strawberry fruits might be a gardener’s reverie on a December rainy day, but this time of year it is time to get started with planting. Bare root strawberries are available this month ...
The weather may be cool and the days short, but it’s great gardening time in San Diego. Plant now and you’ll soon be picking tart-sweet apples, juicy peaches, plump grapes, garnet-colored strawberries ...