The Home Garden: Gardening in the Home Landscape
Blog URL http://thehomegarden.blogspot.com
Located Spring Hill, Tennessee USA
Tags gardening, plant propagation, trees, shrubs, perennial, compost, gardening tips
A garden blog all about the transformation of our home with a yard to a home with a garden. Blog subjects include plants, propagation, gardening, and anything else related to gardening!
Latest Blog Posts
- My Simple Compost Solution on Nov 25, 2009 in compost
You can go out and spend all kinds of money for a fancy compost bin but sometimes a simple solution can work just as well. In the interest of full disclosure, I am a lazy composter. There I said it. I don't get out there to the bin to turn it regular...
- Persian Shield Propagation (Strobinlanthus dyerianus) on Nov 24, 2009 in foliage plant propagation annual
Before the first frost of the fall I took a few cuttings of my Persian Shield (Strobinlanthus dyerianus) to hopefully overwinter it as a houseplant. This was the first year for Persian Shield in my garden and I've only seen it at one nursery around s...
- Greenhouse Project: My Back on Nov 23, 2009 in Gardening Projects greenhouse garden structures
While I can assure you that my back is perfectly fine (at the moment!) I do need to have some work done on the back of the greenhouse shed. A few more things have been accomplished since my last greenhouse update but there are always more tasks to ta...
- Reflecting on the End of The Line on Nov 22, 2009 in photography garden photos
The end of the line has come at last for the leaves on our trees. Today I went out and took a few pictures around the greenhouse project and happened upon this image of the trees bereft of leaves in one of the large picture windows I installed on the...
- Greenhouse Project: In The Front on Nov 20, 2009 in Gardening Projects greenhouse garden structures
Here's a quick look at the front of the greenhouse. My idea is to have the front side or the view from the house appear to be a small cottage in the backyard. The windows on the front were originally from one sliding window that I separated into 2 ap...
- November in the Vegetable Garden on Nov 20, 2009 in vegetables herbs vegetable garden
As strange as it may sound there are things still growing in the vegetable garden in November and it's not because of our unusually warm weather. Unfortunately there is only one vegetable growing but there are several kinds of herbs that are doing gr...
- Greenhouse Project: A Peek Inside on Nov 19, 2009 in Gardening Projects greenhouse garden structures
Today's peek into my greenhouse project is just one little picture, but it's a view from the inside out. The biggest windows have been installed but, as you will see in the picture, need a thorough cleaning and painting. The misty haze on the panes i...
