My Carolina Yard

Now that I'm finished with visitors at Thanksgiving and Christmas, an after Christmas trip to Florida and a bout of illness I'm re...

Wow it has been a month since I last posted...where did the time go? Well my garden is usually sleeping this time of year but the 70+ degr...

It has been a really busy time in my garden as I continue to pull out fading summer annuals and cut back perennial that have finished bloomi...

I decided to try my hand at growing camellias shortly after moving South Carolina. I’d heard in Master Gardener classes that the Sasanqua wa...

Or 8 useful ways to recycle your old nursery pots. I read this article about recycling nursery pots and realized that I did a lot of these...

All across the country people are rediscovering the joys of growing their own vegetables, fruits and herbs. As well as producing fresh, fl...

A couple of years ago I was gardening on an early spring day and uncovered several impatiens that had over wintered in a flowerbed. The summ...

I’ve been talking about shopping for bargain plants on the clearance shelf at garden centers so I thought I’d come up with some buying tips....

Starting in late August I begin to shop the clearance rack in the garden centers. This year I have picked up at ½ price, $1 or even free pla...

I’ve been battling an invasion of spotted spurge from a neighboring yard all summer. It started with just a small patch near our property li...