Pretty Simple Gardens

Watering is a bit of an art. I’m sure we’ve all learned the hard way plenty of times. Keeping your garden looking great is definitely a...

Recently I saw a social media exchange about the “best way to combat the climate crisis is to influence politicians to support the...

January gardening is mostly in my imagination. I relish this time to learn more about gardening techniques. This year ecological...

Did you know that "tree volcanos" are terrible for trees? If you have mulch touching the trunk of your trees or bushes I recommend...

I’m so excited for gardening this season. On this year’s journey I plan to focus on regenerative gardening. This includes: · Soil Health...

March is here and I’m so itchy to get into the garden. However, patience is my friend. There is not much outside work to do yet. Leave...

Leave the leaves in your garden this fall. What may be considered lazy is actually one of the best things you can do for your garden.

This summer has been brutally hot and dry here in New England so I haven’t touched my plants other than a light, occasional weeding and...

Did you know that sprinkling water on the leaves of your plants on hot days can actually promote disease and hurt your plants? Did you...

Has this happened to you? You notice a plant growing in your garden that’s not really a weed and you didn’t put it there? How did it get...

I’m all about making gardening easier and I’m hearing from more and more very experienced gardeners that no-dig gardening is really the...

The general rule of thumb for pruning flowering bushes is to trim the bushes within 4-ish weeks after they finish flowering. The pruning...

The deer are having a field day munching on my iris, day lilies and hyacinth and it’s driving me a bit crazy. Time to make some more of...

It’s early spring in Massachusetts and I’m getting the gardening bug but it’s still too early to clean out my gardens. But, timing is...

These warm days in March make me itchy to garden. But, it is TOO EARLY to clean out your garden beds if you live in a cold weather area....

With all of this cooking from home and Social Distancing, I sure have some kitchen scraps. Since I have a bit more time I’m going to add...

Late winter / early spring is a great time to prune my blueberry bushes. I haven’t touched them in a few years and I’d like them to...

No Dig Gardening and overwintering leaves are so healthy for your garden.

Planting dahlias is so easy. People think they are complicated but they are not. You'll have flowers from midsummer until your first...