Feeders can welcome Orioles on deck
Hummingbirds and their feeders may be one of the more popular bird niches, but if you are looking to cater to another fun-to-watch bird, try attracting orioles. In Maryland, two main types of orioles return from the winter for breeding season. The most popular is the...
Whiplash comes with a change of pace
Spring didn’t just arrive — it came in like Miley and her proverbial wrecking ball, like it had something to prove. After what felt like one of the longest, coldest, snowiest winters in recent memory, we’ve finally made it. You can almost hear the collective exhale....
There’s no reason to not have a garden
Interest in home-grown fruit and vegetable gardening is continuing to grow. Customers are asking more questions about starting seeds and how and where to grow vegetables. Interest in raised bed gardening, growing vegetables in containers, and even how to use pallets,...
Tall Bearded Iris offers a rainbow of colors
May is when the temperatures are finally starting to stay warm without the chance of a cold frost during the evening. It is also the month that Tall Bearded Iris plants, also called “common flag, ”begins to open their colorful flowers that bloom in a rainbow of...
Gifts for Mother’s Day
(Editor’s note: DeeDee Wood is the owner of Black Cat Curiosities, an online antiques research and sales venue.) Mother’s Day was established in the United States in 1914. Ann Jarvis, a social activist, conceived the holiday to honor her mother, and all women who...
This May just ring a bell
How Families Can Balance Time, Taste and Nutrition
Redbud trees are early bloomers
Redbud trees or Cercis canadensis are small ornamental native trees growing 20-30 feet tall and wide. “Ruby Falls” is a cultivar of the Eastern Redbud tree, a cross between Cercis canadensis “Covey” which is a weeping form and “Forest Pansy,” which has purple foliage....
Now is when gardeners could use refreshers
April is here and spring has finally arrived! After a long cold, wet and messy winter, I am sure everyone is glad that we are finally in the spring season. April is when the gardening season really gets going. Each year I am asked many questions about plant selection...
Learn to clean smarter, not harder
As I sit down to write this, the forecast is finally calling for 70-degree days — and I don’t know about you, but I am more than ready. Spring has officially arrived, and this winter was brutal! With it comes longer days, more sunshine, and that much-needed boost of...
