Gardeners Journal- Garden Tool Review Felco Hand Pruners 
Felco Hand Pruners are the tool of choice for almost every nursery person in the world. My set is over 30 years old and has been resharpened, new blades …

Gardeners Journal - Controlling Aggressive Spreaders in the Perennial Garden 
Some plants get aggressive in the garden and Monarda (beebalm) is one such plant. It never met another nearby plant it didn't want to go over and meet …

Gardeners Journal Sedum Angelina 
This golden leaved Sedum 'Angelina' is a superb plant for the rock garden or perennial garden edge. Tough as nails and you won't kill it kind of plant! …

Gardeners Journal Weeding the Garden Easily 
Doug likes gardening easily and here's his take on weeding easily - the simplest way to keep your plants and your back happy he knows of. One of the …

Gardeners Journal: Pruning Spring Bulbs 
Here's some thoughts about pruning spring bulbs - in this case daffodils I think you'll find useful. Remember with any bulb we want to take off the seedpod …

Make Your Own Plant Tags Easily and Cheaply 
Making your own plant tags is easy. All you really need (as this garden video shows) is a large and sharp pair of scissors, an old yogurt container (or …

Tomato Growing Problems for Late Summer 
Here's the answer to three pressing tomato growing problems you're going to be seeing in late summer to early fall during the height of the harvest season. …

Gardening Journal - when to divide hosta (and other plants) 
This gardening journal video shows you the exact stage when to divide hosta plants. This timing is the same for most other perennials as well - at an …

Gardeners Journal Early Vegetable Gardening Using a Cloche 
You want an early vegetable gardening tip? This one is simple to do, uses recycled material and can give you early salad grens as well as earlier tomatoes, …

Garden Design - Colors that Clash in the Garden 
In this short video, I wanted to show you my new system for dealing with plants that have clashing colors in my garden design. Sometimes the best of intentions …

Spring Gardening - It's Not About the Money  
It's not about the money you spend on your garden that really counts when it comes to having a good garden. Yeah, it helps a lot but there's something …

Spring Gardening Tips 
When it comes to a cold late spring, the rule of thumb is to relax. There are going to be plants that are later than normal and maybe even plants that …

Building Raised Garden Beds 
I want to show you how to build raised garden beds with a minimum of fuss and muss. Carpentry comes first - The first step after nailing together the …

Garden Benches in the Landscape Design 
It doesn’t matter whether your landscape design calls for a garden bench or chairs, nor does it matter which style you prefer. What does matter is that …

Taking plant cuttings 
Taking plant cuttings is a time-honored gardening task and here are a few tips on how you can easily propagate your own plants. There are several important …

My Trial Garden Video Tour 
I love growing flowers and I trial a bunch of new plants every year. So do well and others... well, not so well. These are raised beds - filled with …

Growing Lavendar Successfully 
Growing lavender successfully! Here's an interview I did with a local lavender grower with some seriously good techniques for both growing and overwintering …

Gardeners Journal Tree Guards for Vole and Rabbit Protection 
I live on an island that's famous for owls and raptors and one of the reasons they're here is because the wind scours the island, blowing away the snow …

Gardeners Journal Ooops and Sedum Propagation 
Every now and then you have to make an "oops" in the garden and garden writers and semi-retired nurseryguys are no exception to this. :-) Here's what …

Gardeners Journal - Bleeding Hearts 
Bleeding hearts or Dicentra spectabilis are one of my favorite spring time perennial flowers if for no other reason than my grandfather had a massive clump …

Gardeners Journal - Growing Brunnera 
Brunnera is an amazing spring blooming perennial plant that's ideal for the shade garden. Blooming in early spring with forget-me-not blue blossoms, …

Feed Your Trees in the Fall 
Feed your trees in the late fall for superior growth in the spring.  The video below details how to do this but essentially wait until the leaves …

Ornamental Grass Hakonechloa 
I am a slow convert to using ornamental grass in my gardens.  The first few I tried (touted by nursery friends) were bloodthirsty scavengers that …

Favorite Perennial Flowers - PPA Winners 
I have some favorite perennials that I've grown for some time that have won Perennial Plant of the Year honors.   Here's a short video on these plants …

Gardeners Journal - Pruning Roses in the Spring 
Pruning roses in the spring isn't tough when you consider the basic shape you're trying to create. As I explain in this short video, you want to create …

Gardeners Journal - A Moveable Raised Garden Bed 
As part of my gardener's journal, I'm showing you a lot of behind-the-scenes videos of projects in development. This compares with what normally happens …

Gardeners Journal - Spring Flowering Cottage Garden 
This is my spring flowering cottage garden area - at least one small part of it :-) And I'm going to show you some of the bulbs and perennials I have …

Gardeners Journal - Growing Rhubarb 
Growing small fruit such as rhubarb has been something I've done since I was a kid. I remember our patch at home (roots came from my grandfather's garden) …

Gardeners Journal: Naturalizing Daffodils 
One of the things I'm doing at our place is planting at least 100 daffodils every fall into different parts of our gardens and lawns. Last year it was …

How To Water Houseplants and Garden Plants 
Here's how to water your overwintering houseplants and indeed - how to water your garden flowers as well. It's all in the fingers - no need for fancy …

Gardeners Journal - Variegated Daylily Problems 
I note "reversion" is a major problem of some plants - this is where the variegated leaves grow out straight green without the variegation. And if you …

How To Water Container Plants 
Give your plants the finger when watering plants. Think about it, a finger always works and never needs batteries. Here are the things you need to …

Making Compost Tea 
Here's a quick video on making compost tea. You can see how active the bubbling action is, it's roiling right along :-) This is why I don't recommend …

Water Gardening in Containers 
Here's a quick video on water gardening in containers. A half hour project that's sure to get attention in your garden. It's easy to do - a large flower …

Dividing Perennial Flowers - Daylilies 
Folks - this is pretty simple garden plant propagation- and a daylily is one of the best plants to start with because it's really one of the toughest plants …

Pruning Container Gardens 
When it comes to pruning container gardens and hanging baskets, these simple techniques will keep your baskets and containers looking great right through …

Landscaping Ideas: The Garden Gate 
I want to show you some garden gates and give you the reason we use them in garden design. We use them to “frame the view” of the garden …

The Word Project - Do 
I really like the word do when it comes to gardening.

Vegetable Garden Crop Rotation 
One of the most important things in the vegetable garden is crop rotation. Doing this simple technique (no matter how large or small your garden) makes …

Planting Bulbs 
A quick note about planting bulbs. I sometimes get questions about how deep to plant bulbs and in fact, when I get a new tulip bulb (often directly from …

Designing the Perennial Garden Part 2 
This is part 2 of designing the perennial flower garden so it blooms all year long. The secret here is in 2 things. The first is plant selection and …

Designing the Perennial Garden Part 1 
There is a hard way to design the perennial garden and an easy way. This is the easy way that anybody can accomplish. Using this techniques and the …

Pruning and Deadheading Perennial Flowers 
When it comes to deadheading perennials or pruning them severely, there are two basic ways the flowers/stems join the plant. From the base or from …