Lucy’s Lines
Growing Beautiful Organic Roses in Your Garden
Organic Roses Growing organic roses can be easy if you just plant them the right way in the right spot and understand a few things about how roses grow. Since I don’t know what you have been taught—let’s just start over and learn this simple way from scratch. Antique or Old roses are the best [...]
Garden Maintenance Schedule for February and March
*Apply [Powdered] Corn Gluten Meal at 20 lbs per 1000 sq feet to your lawn and bed area (after it is cleaned up) to control broad leaf weeds—if this is a concern. ( This year you may have already done this) Always remember that whatever else you are putting down ( soil, compost, mulch etc)–the [...]
Valentine’s Project – Tootsie Roll Flowers
I had to share this fun easy ( I just made 10) valentine craft with you-check it out–This would work anytime you need a fun bouquet for the table or a single flower to give . You just need one piece of tissue paper ( what ever color you want to make the flower) and one tootsie [...]
The Debate About Corn Meal Gluten
I have received e-mails every day now from both professionals and home owners–about corn gluten meal–To put it down now–or— to not put it down- and what if it rains real hard after the application— are the main questions. With corn gluten meal- especially in the Spring- these questions are always looming. here are the [...]
Light Up your Life – Garden Lighting
The important difference that well placed landscape lighting can make in your gardens is just breathtaking. This newsletter will give you lots of tips on how to make the most of your garden lighting. I’m not just talking about lighting your outside by adding a lot of lights—but using a few well placed lights that [...]
Getting the Most Out of Your Garden: Companion Planting
Companion planting is a skill that I was taught by my maternal Grandmother who raised me. It is not new to older gardeners and has been taught in universities to food crop growers for decades. I’ve always used the skill in my organic ornamental designs as well. * The art of good companion planting is [...]
