Tag - Gardening

Herbs are very easily grown and cultivated here on the prairies, and they are inexpensive and very rewarding. In order to grow and use herbs properly, there...

Butterflies are easily attracted to your garden as long as you know a few basic things about them, and how to make your garden a hospitable place for them! The...

Flip open any magazine, read any newspaper, listen to the radio for a couple hours, or browse the internet and inevitably you will find a section about how to...

Officially founded in Olympia, Greece almost 3000 years ago, the Olympic Games have long represented both excellence in sport as well as goodwill between...

In the last three articles, we explored a few of the high performing, easy-to-grow indoor plants for our Northern homes. Tropical, succulent, and cactus plants...

“Cactus” – the word drums up all sorts of images. The romantic will envision scenes of towering saguaros in the Texan landscape, barrel cacti in...

Last week, we talked about what a houseplant actually is – namely a plant that natively grows outdoors in warmer climates and which we import to our indoors...

With the doldrums of winter upon us, beautifying our indoor spaces with houseplants is good for both the body and soul. Growing living greenery indoors not...

Just this week I was speaking to a botanist who specializes in roses and was told some amazing facts about the world’s favorite flower… Roses have...

One of my fondest memories as a young girl growing up in the prairies was visiting my grandma’s country garden. A lifelong gardener, Donna Mae (as she...