My Carolina Yard

As it turns out you don’t always have to spend a lot on new plants or replacements for your garden. I’ve found some really good deals on dis...

Things to consider / do in the garden this month: *Be prepared for cold snaps at night. Use row covers newspapers or sheets to protect seedl...

The most widely planted groundcover in today’s landscape is turf grass. Most of the time it succeeds in providing a suitable cover. Yet, som...

Bulbs in full bloom…can spring be far away? When the leaves of spring-flowering bulbs emerge, advice says to apply a complete fertilizer. Us...

Now blooming in my yard Iris hollandica a bulb that flowers in mid to late spring for 2-3 weeks. Plants are about 20 inches tall. Planting d...

It felt a lot like spring today at 76 degrees. Seemed like a good day to turn the compost. I started this compost pile with a layer of brown...

I'm getting ready for The 2011 GBBC will take place Friday, February 18, through Monday, February 21. I've downloaded my Regional ch...

While walking back from taking scraps to the compost I noticed that a hyacinth bloom was starting to break the surface of the soil. Can spri...

Spring is not far off here in the Lowcountry and time to go over the garden checklist for February. · Get my soil sample to Clemson Extensio...

What’s growing in January? It has been unusually cold this winter and I was surprised to see I still had a few vegetables and herbs in my ga...