Blue Ridge Living Mountain Garden
It’s not just for sustenance, but too for exercise, drinking in life and beauty, and maintaining humility.
Why garden? I mean, other than the obvious reason: to put food on the table without going to the store. But gardening, even on a limited basis, provides many other benefits I, for one, can’t live without. Here are five:
Like so many of our native plants, the virtues of the Rudbeckias were recognized by English gardeners centuries before they were considered worthy of inclusion in American flower gardens. That’s right. Centuries.
According to the National Garden Burea...
A lot of yard and garden cleanup awaited me last fall, after a sweltering summer. I had a mess on my hands, but was glad – more than glad, ecstatic – to be outside, day after day, drinking in the world. One of the things that caught my attention was ...
The big beautiful blossoms last a long time, and don’t require much in the way of specialized attention to achieve.
I love the old flowers, those with a history. Peonies qualify. The Chinese have cultivated them for more than 2,000 years.
I love the ea...
Your vegetable garden needn’t succumb to too-little rain. Careful planning and consistent attention can help assure healthy plants and good yields even in dry conditions.
The Fool in the Woods, aka Blue Ridge Country editor in chief Kurt Rheinheimer, is back with more great woodland information and secrets, this time reporting on how Virginia's Devil's Marbleyard was formed.
See Kurt's Hikes Blog.
