Frugal Plant Profile: Daffodils
Our frugal plant profile this time centers around the lovely spring bloomer and general favorite the daffodil. As I’ve already told you, flowering bulbs are a great frugal choice for the frugal gardener– heck, for everybody! Daffodils, botanically narcissus, grow from fleshy bulbs and come in tons of sizes, colors and varieties. These are a [...]
Frugal Plant Profile: French Pussy Willow
We’re going places now with our frugal plant profile series. Where? We’re heading to the edge of the woods, along streams and close to the pond where we’ll find the French Pussy willow happily growing. This is one of the best frugal shrub/trees you can think of. Why is it frugal? I’ll tell you about [...]
Frugal Plant Profile: Forsythia
The next entry into the frugal plant profile series is the shrub Forsythia. We have not yet talked of any shrubs, and many of you might not even consider them to be a frugal plant choice. I thought I’d change that by introducing you to forsythia which is very easy to propagate—a major feature to [...]
Extending the growing season on a budget
Here in my neck of the woods, agricultural zone 6b, we are currently in that in between stage for growing things. The soil is warm enough for cool crops to start, but we are still having frosts at night so the warm-weather veggies like tomatoes and peppers have to wait for a few more weeks. [...]
Frugal Plant Profile: Crocus
With spring on the way, you can bet you’ll be seeing crocuses, tons of them all over and that is why we’ll be adding it to our frugal plant profile. They multiply by the hundreds! Just plant a handful in your garden and a few years later you’ll triple your investment. What could be better [...]
Designing an Apple Tree Guild: Attractors and Repellents
In this post we will wrap up the elements in designing an apple tree guild. A guild is simply a group of plantings that benefit one another. Guilds occur naturally in the wild, but as gardeners we can design one with plants that personally benefit us in one way or another; they could provide food, [...]
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