The Worst Plant in the World
Photo: www-baumschule-horstmann-de This plant sure looks pretty, doesn’t it? Kinda like English ivy with kaleidoscopic leaves of red, pink, yellow, and green. It sports pretty white flowers too. DO NOT...
View ArticleWhat To Do About Weedy Neighbors?
Photo: Steve Bender See what happens when you don’t mow your lawn and let weeds grow up all over the place? The city places an embarrassing sign in front of your house. This is Grumpy’s neighbor and...
View ArticleWho Wants to Kill Violets?
Confederate violet. Photo: delawarewildflowers.org Violets are such sweet, little wildflowers that it’s hard to believe that anyone other than Dear Leader would want them dead. But believe it or not,...
View Article#1 Secret To A Pretty Lawn
Photo: Alison Miksch You want a pretty lawn, so your neighbors won’t talk about you. (They will anyway, but let’s continue.) But you hate all the watering, fertilizing, and disease and weed control...
View ArticleGrumpy’s 32 Tips For 32 Years
Grumpy at his home at Monticello. Photo: Robbie Caponetto Today marks the start of Grumpy’s 33rd year of not being fired from Southern Living. I know, I know — how could any organization overlook more...
View ArticleGardening At 100 Degrees — 5 Hot Tips for Summer Survival
Are you an innocent victim? Or do you deserve this? Photo: youtube.com It’s August — the absolute worst month in the South to be a snowman, and not so great for a gardener either. You can’t stand to be...
View ArticleWhy Can’t My Son Mow?
In retrospect, using a bagger wasn’t the smartest idea. Photo: jackssmallengines.com Faithful reader D.T. Matthews writes, “When my son cuts the grass, it leaves clumps all over the yard. Everywhere he...
View ArticleReclaiming An Overgrown Yard
Before. Photo: Steve Bender My stepson, Tom, and his fiancee, Ashley, just bought their first house. They were excited, but also intimidated by the overwhelming tasks that awaited. For 10 years, the...
View ArticleDon’t Ignore Your Lawn
Photo: Bird Ferdly People elsewhere in the country rail against lawns, but here in the rainy, humid South, we like them. They cool the air, cover up the mud, reduce run-off, stop erosion, and are...
View ArticlePlant A Little Gold This Fall
‘Everillo’ Japanese sedge. Photo: PDSI What looks like a grass, isn’t a grass, takes more shade than grass, and lights up your garden like grass never could? A plant that most of you have never heard...
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