This is the time of year where the gardening work slows down. Peggy shares how she is winterizing her landscape, seed collecting, as well as how to avoid herbicide contamination through compost.
The weather is cooling here in Virginia, but the growing season is far from over! Peggy shares advice on planting cole crops and garlic, planting flower bulbs for spring, moving shrubs and trees, and bring houseplants indoors.
We can start to feel the change of season in the air, and it brings new tasks for garden. Peggy shares advice for cool-weather vegetables, fall lawn care, removing invasive species, and how to transition potted plants from outdoors to indoors.
Keep enjoying your harvest as we head into late summer! It's also time to review the past six months of growth to plan what plants need to be moved, replaced, or added as we approach fall.
Water is one of the building-blocks of life, it nourishes us, our gardens and our world. Explore methods used to conserve water and control runoff. From rain gardens that beautify our landscapes yet replenish the underground water supply to flood control structures that protect communities, learn how to steward our most important natural resource.