In my never-ending quest to make our yard look intentional, I have installed a few new plants: Emerald Green Giants. These are Arborvitaes that grow to be 15′ tall and 4′ wide. The tag calls them ‘medium’ speed growers. Not as big and fast growing as the Thuja Greens we planted a couple of years …
Category Archives: Starter Home Gardening
Blackberries
Yesterday, as I was re-filling my bird feeders I noticed this on my tiny blackberry bush: It is the first ripe one that I have noticed! I couldn’t believe it hadn’t been picked by a bird:)
Container Gardening
Last weekend, Bradley took me to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens (free admission with our season pass to the Smith Gilbert Gardens!) It is so beautiful there, and I can’t wait to go back. Throughout the gardens, there were containers with beautiful blooms that made my few little containers at home seem even more sad. I …
New Shrubs
A few weekends ago, Bradley and I decided to pull out the azaleas that we tried to transplant last year and start fresh on the right side of the house. We shopped around and settled on Golden Euonymus. They are full-sun evergreen shrubs that tolerate heat. On this side of the house, that is important …
Smith Gilbert Gardens
I noticed a while back on a seemingly uninteresting road near our house a sign for the Smith Gilbert Gardens. I looked up the garden and thought it was a place I should take my mom. I haven’t had a chance to take her yet, but Bradley and I went on Saturday. We loved it and …