Look for self-improvement in 2023
Welcome to the New Year! While many of us are still in post-holiday blues, January can be a season of happy beginnings and fresh starts. I always find myself in the mindset to make the changes that I neglected to make the previous 11 months of the year. Whether you...
Happy houseplants, holiday storage hacks
A New Year is upon us, and so is a cold couple of months. Don’t let the winter darkness get you down, though. There’s plenty of things you can do to stay busy until the sun decides to warm us up again! • Houseplants: We don’t realize it, but plants collect dust. It’s...
Time to study new colors, new cultivars
Many look at the All American Select for the best of the independently selected plants for 2023. This New Year brings beautiful plants, both foliage and flowering, and some sweet and spicy veggies. The Coleus Premium Sun Coral Candy is a sun loving Coleus with vivid...
Passive hydroponics offer a simple solution for growing indoor greens
The season for indulgent holiday feasting will soon be followed by fervent New Year’s resolutions to eat healthy. Having access to fresh salad greens grown inside your home, ready to harvest and enjoy all winter long, could provide just the satisfying, nutritious...
Trevor’s Heroes effort strives to get each local veteran grave a wreath
During the holidays, it’s common for relatives to visit the graves of loved ones and beautify the resting places with flowers, ornaments and wreaths. For the last five years, Dorchester County youngster Trevor Geer and his family have placed wreaths at the graves of...
Iris grower finds joy in breeding new varieties
For decades, Pat McNeal had the same dozen or so irises in her flowerbeds. She maintained the beds and plants just as she did the rest of her landscape. But while tooling around the internet in 2007, she came across iris varieties she had never seen before and got...
Keep those poinsettias alive for next year
Poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) are popular winter houseplants because they flower in mid-winter, and their beauty comes from colored leaves or bracts, instead of flowers, making their attractiveness long-lasting: Some gardeners are not satisfied with this long...
History of sleds and sleighs
(Editor’s note: DeeDee Wood is the owner of Black Cat Curiosities, an online antiques research and sales venue.) There is a famous scene in the movie “”Citizen Kane,” in which the main character laments over innocence lost while thinking about his cheap antique sled...
Take your decorating up a notch
Haul out the holly, deck the halls and get ready for a whole lotta jolly! December is here, and the holiday season is here — whether we are prepared or not! Every season, I have grand plans to cover my house from floor to ceiling with a combination of twinkling...
Most gardening activity is indoors now
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, gardeners! We’re in Winter Wonderland mode here. How about you? From everyone here at Robin’s Nest, we hope you have a wonderful holiday season and happy new year! Thank you for 41 great years and counting. Most of your gardening...
