Down the Garden Path: Mix it up for garden glory
Super Shrubs for Shady Spots Story and photos by Colleen Plimpton/Life@Home I’m a sucker for shrubs. If they offer showy, scented flowers, so much the better, but I love ’em all. Shrubs are an easy way...
View ArticleTalk Back: The story behind the story…from our contributors
Read below about how our contributors learned new things while working on this month’s edition of Life@Home. Dollars and Sense Ann Hughes Before looking into it, if you asked me to name the top five...
View ArticleDown the Garden Path: You can make a mini-garden anywhere!
Counting on Containers Story and photos by Colleen Plimpton/Life@Home Cute or complicated, serene or scintillating, containers are finding increasing favor with gardeners. They can range in complexity...
View ArticleGarden Path: Tips for keeping hosta predators at bay
Happiness is a Healthy Hosta Story and photos by Colleen Plimpton/Life@Home Whether you know America’s favorite perennial as plantain lily, funkia or hosta, in early summer these gorgeous herbaceous...
View ArticleDown the Garden Path: How to keep your garden colorful all summer long
The Power of Perennials Story and photos by Colleen Plimpton/Life@Home When I was a girl, bedding plants were deemed just the ticket to give the ornamental garden heft and color. Gardeners outdid...
View ArticleDown the Garden Path: The perennial that keeps on giving
A Phalanx of Phlox Story and photos by Colleen Plimpton/Life@Home Get ready, get set, go! Despite what the weather says, it’s time to plan next year’s garden. Consult your memory (or better yet, that...
View ArticleDown the Garden Path: Bedding down roots and rhizomes for the winter
Nighty Night Story and photos by Colleen Plimpton/Life@Home My husband, an upstanding, energetic member of our local United Methodist Church, is not generally given to rebuking his wife. However,...
View ArticleDown the Garden Path: Holiday gifts for your favorite gardener
Gathering ’Round By Colleen Plimpton/Life@Home Heaven knows 2013 has been a challenging year in the garden. The critters were everywhere, the rains unrelenting and the weeds bodacious. I think we...
View ArticleDown the Garden Path: The importance of fragrance in the garden
The Nose Knows Story and photos by Colleen Plimpton/Life@Home Does your garden need more natives, additional color or fewer annuals? How about some small trees, or bird-friendly plantings or...
View ArticleDown the Garden Path: Adventures in fairy gardening
Life in Miniature By Kerry Ann Mendez/Life@Home I just wrapped up garden maintenance for the day and it is a blustery 20 degrees outside. I know. You’re thinking I’ve been in the eggnog again. Nope. I...
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