By July most of us have finished our planting and it is time to maintain what we have and do a little editing and tweaking. 

Nothing says summer to me more than flowering perennials in my wife's garden.  While the spring blooms of the peonies and delphiniums have long faded the summer performers are starting to take center stage.  Two that I always look forward to are...

Now that the summer weather has arrived it never fails that someone will ask the perennial question:  “Can I still plant now or should I wait until the fall?”  For the record, we can plant any time of the year...

This is my annual column on proper watering habits and it is interesting to me that last year I wrote this same column the second week of JULY.  Hopefully that means that we are going to have a long and hot summer. Here’s the lowdown on proper watering... 

June is the month I try to finish all the tasks that I thought I was going to complete in March, April and May (funny how that works).  If you find you need a break from all these chores then come join me for...