“Good fences make good neighbors,” said Robert Frost, but it doesn’t mean that a fence is the only way to gain some privacy on your property. Sometimes a good hedgerow is often better. It is certainly more beautiful. It provides wildlife habitat and it can be molded and shaped according to your whim. In this […]
Pink Azalea Follow A Gardener’s Notebook on Facebook * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs ** Many of these books may be available from your local library. Check it out! Read more on this topic: Tiny cactus flowers in the garden Azaleas Bicolor Azalea White Azaleas in Black and White […]
Sunflower closeup Up close with one of the prettiest flowers I know. Follow A Gardener’s Notebook on Facebook Read more on this topic: White Lantana Closeup Lupine Gazania in the Sun Rosemary Flowers Sunflower closeup via Instagram [Photo]
I have put together my own potting mix a couple of ties in the past using my own compost and some purchased ingredients (See Project: Homemade Potting soil project), but Gary Pilarchik shows how you can use purchased materials to create a mix a much lower cost than the prepared mixes you might find in […]
Follow A Gardener’s Notebook on Facebook In the Japanese Garden A lantern sits beside a path in this Japanese Garden in Pasadena, California * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs** Many of these books may be available from your local library. Check it out! Read more on this topic: […]
Join me on Douglas E. Welch Photography on Facebook Red, Red, Rose from A Gardener’s Notebook A Mikado rose opens in the garden. Learn more about roses with these books * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs** Many of these books may be available from your local library. Check it […]
A great way to protect your plants while recycling/re-using. We are looking for something similar to this as the netting we used gets tangled in everything and makes it difficult to weed the beds when needed. For us, we don’t have rabbits in our garden here but rather squirrels, skunks, opossum and raccoons. While the […]
Follow A Gardener’s Notebook on Facebook Tiny cactus flowers in the garden This potted succulent doesn’t Flower a lot but it does Flower regularly. The flowers appear suddenly. Here one moment and gone the next. * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs ** Many of these books may be […]
We have been meaning to get a trellis for the Lady Bank’s Rose in the front garden for a long time, but it wasn’t growing very fast and we concentrated on other, more important tasks. That all changed this Winter and Spring, though. With the large amount of rain we had — along with the […]
A Minute in the Garden: A series from A Gardener’s Notebook Brunfelsia (Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow) blooms right here in my own Los Angeles garden. See all the videos in “A minute in the garden” series in this YouTube playlist Help Support A Gardener’ Notebook! Buy Garden and flower photography products available from http://DouglasEWelch.com/buy Use […]
