Tag: Gardening

Could you please suggest some ferns to plant? Ferns thrive in shade and need plenty of water. Some names include Boston Fern, Cinnamon Fern, Christmas...

A friend gave me a Clethra bush called Ruby Spice that blooms in late summer. After three years it still struggles. It’s in a...

August is harvesting time for farmers and gardeners.  As summer days turn longer and hotter, the vegetable plants start to produce blossoms and the...

Our Nepeta (catmint) has been the star of our June garden – how can I get it to keep blooming longer and longer? For everything...

Can I honorably re-gift an expensive Gloxinia plant? Gloxinia, you say? Re-gift?? Can there be any honor in re-gifting?  Of any flower, plant, bulbs, seeds...

Gardening is a chance to create beauty for yourself and your DC community.  There are not many other activities that let you help our...

July is the month we celebrate our country’s freedoms, often in our outdoor living spaces. It is also the summer month when our gardens...

Did you know you could borrow a weed wacker or a rototiller for free? Yes, it’s true, for free.  In 2021, a partnership between...

We planted a stand of bamboo years ago, thinking it would be a wonderful screen – and boy, it has been. But I never...

Jim Guckert is bending over a patch of dirt on the 700 block of Eighth St. SE. Two young men are kneeling close by,...