by Ilona | Monthly garden chores, Spring
It is high time to get the garden in order and to plant. Here are 14 chores you should pay attention to….
by Ilona | Get Started Beginning Gardening, Monthly garden chores
Seasons While there are specific jobs for each month, yard gardening is mostly ruled by seasons and their weather patterns. In the temperate region of the Midwest we have more than the four seasons, because each one is nuanced by early, mid, and late versions. In...
by Ilona | Monthly garden chores
I skipped writing about June chores and sending out a newsletter because I was too busy doing them- planting, weeding, hoeing, pruning, you-name-it. The very late spring with winter hanging on well past its welcome meant that I had so much to do and little reserve...
by Ilona | Monthly garden chores
Spring came late, but now it is finally fully arrived. May sees the last of frost, usually, so it is safe to plant the tender annuals and vegetables. I have been sowing wildflower seeds, and look forward to the color this will bring over summer. This month is the main...
by Ilona | homegardening, Monthly garden chores
In this area of the world April is more of a rush of garden work and blooms than usual. Due to the prolonged winter cold of this year the early flowers and all the chores condense into what is already a brief time before the warm summer starts. It is during this...
by Ilona Erwin | Monthly garden chores
Mid-March Means Chores If I look at photographs of my garden from March’s past, they look nothing like the snow covered expanse of my garden this year. No crocuses blooming, and I haven’t even seen signs of snowdrops, yet. I always like March with its wild...