Have some fun learning about Charlie's summer hat collection with stories about where they are from and why he likes them. stay cool and protected this summer. Wear a hat! Excerpted from Connecticut Public TV's New England Gardening with Charlie Nardozzi...
Learn about the various types of herbaceous peonies that you can grow including information on diseases, ants on the peony flowers, dividing and moving peonies, supporting the heavy blossoms and the seed pods. Learn more about peonies here.
All earthworms are considered non-native in the United States. The European earthworm or night crawler came with the colonists hundreds of years ago. The newest arrival is the Asian jumping or snake worm. The Asian jumping worm has spread across the north and Southeast of the United states and can also be found in the Midwest and some states in the Northwest. the concern is the Asian jumping worm has a bigger appetite compared to the European earthworm. It devours organic materials faster and can strip the forest floor of healthy soil and...
Bio Charlie Nardozzi is a nationally recognized garden writer, speaker, radio, and television personality. He has worked for more than 20 years bringing expert gardening information to home gardeners through radio, television, talks, on-line, and the printed page. Charlie delights in making gardening information simple, easy, fun and accessible to everyone. His energy, exuberance, and love of the natural world also make him an exciting public speaker and presenter. He has spoken at national venues such as the Northwest Flower Show,...
Plants for Problem Places, Seed Catalogs, Growing Asparagus, and Norfolk Island Pine It’s a New Year with all kinds of possibilities. I appreciate you for getting this newsletter and being part of my gardening universe. I have recently changed my email server. If you happen to be getting this newsletter after you had unsubscribed, I apologize. Please just unsubscribe again so I can have a clean list or let me know and I'll unsubscribe you. Thank you. I always get excited come January because for us it's the beginning of a year long process...
All About Houseplants: Webinar and Stories January is a great time to up your houseplant game. Greenhouses have new shipments of beautiful houseplants and you have time to repot, evaluate and fix your existing plants. I'm here to help! In this newsletter I highlight my Webinar, All About Houseplants, where I talk in depth about light, watering, fertilizing, humidity and pest control of your plants. I also offer lots of houseplant ideas for your home. Check it out below. I also provided links to articles on my website about houseplants. The...
Garden Coaching and Consulting What's a Garden Coach? A coach is a cross between a consultant, designer, and a landscaper. A designer will give you ideas and plans, but won't do the work. A landscaper will come in and do the work, but won't teach you how. A coach is the best of both worlds. I'll come in and offer design and plant selection ideas and maintenance tips. Then I'll come back and actually work with you to perform some of the tasks. A garden coach is for those gardeners who want to do their own gardening and landscaping,...
Learn all about harvesting herbs, such as oregano, thyme, parsley and rosemary for fresh eating and drying. Also, learn about the best way to harvest basil so you continue to get large leaves throughout the season. Learn more about herb growing here.
Learn how to grow common houseplants indoors as a way to clean your air. Listen to podcast: I recently heard a story about NASA sending basil and turnip seeds to the moon in grow chambers to see how they will germinate in that gravity-less, high radiation environment. It prompted me to remember the now famous research NASA also did on house plants. When looking at long term stays on the space station, one of the challenges was to produce clean air for astronauts to breathe. We all know plants are the reason we're alive today for their...
Sun Requirements Bright indirect light is best. They also grow well under grow lights. Bloom Period and Seasonal Color African violets bloom on and off all season long especially if grown under lights Mature Height x Spread 4 to 16 inches tall and wide, depending on the variety. Some miniatures are literally only a few inches tall. African violets are a forever popular plant that delight growers with their diversity of flower colors and shapes. Although they are native to Africa and grow outdoors there in the mountains, they are threatened...
