If you've got shade but still want color, here is an example of how to add color to your shade gardens in containers. Read this earlier post for suggestions of plants with colorful leaves or flowers that can be used in shade gardens. Container 1: Coleus, ferns, heuchera, and impatiens This pot contains coleus, heuchera, ferns, and impatiens. Here are some photos of the individual plants. Red and green coleus. Coleus come in many … [Read more...]
What should I do with all of the leaves in my yard?
It’s fall and the leaves are coming down. So what do you do with them? Well, the choices are easy: compost them, chop them up in place, use them as mulch, or bag them up and have them hauled away. When we were kids, we put fall leaves to good use. We spent hours raking them into maze patterns that we would chase each other through. Of course, at the end of the day we collected them and dumped them in the huge compost pile in the back of the … [Read more...]
