Southern Perennial Gardening

While looking through a gardening magazine I found the following quote which I absolutely love.
In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.
Margaret Atwood.

Have you ever started plants from seeds? I will be starting my gardens at my new home from almost nothing so I have been researching various ways of starting plants from seed.

One of my favorite things to do in the winter is look at my gardening books and magazines and plan for springtime. This year I have even more reason to plan than usual.

If August in your garden has been like August in my garden, you have seen soaring temperatures and humidity and almost no rainfall.

Don’t overlook the power of color when you design your gardens. You can use various colors to create a mood in your garden.

Do you have a home that desperately needs some landscaping help? These ten ideas will make an impact while you are waiting for the plants to fill in.

Thanks to everyone who entered the Celebrate Springtime contest. We have drawn the winner and would like to congratulate Brian Eason of Decatur, Alabama. Brian has been notified by email.
Thanks again to everyone for making this a great contest

For many homeowners, taking care of your lawn and landscape implies using large amounts of fertilizer and pesticides. This doesn’t need to be.

Attracting butterflies to your garden is easy. Just give them what they are looking for food, water and shelter.

In celebration of springtime we have decided to give away a book. For most gardeners, reading about gardening is the next best thing to getting out and working in the garden. The contest starts today and will run throughout the month of April.

It always amazes me how quickly everything seems to come to life in the springtime. After a week with temperatures in the mid to upper seventies trees that just last week had tiny leaf buds are covered with the light green of new leaves opening.

Now that the wintry weather is gone and the colorful blooms are back, it’s time to think about spring cleaning. Spending some time in the backyard as soon as spring rolls around can really pay off.

We had an absolutely beautiful weekend, with sunshine and temperatures around seventy. I was able to finish my springtime yard cleanup.

I was thinking last night how impatient I am for mother nature to hurry up and give us weather warm enough to get outside and dig in the dirt.

While I was driving earlier today, I saw daffodils blooming in a field on the side of the highway. Daffodils and forsythia blooming are always such a welcome sign of spring to me.

A friend and I were talking this weekend and she was asking me questions about how I choose the plants I use in my gardens.

I am sure you are like me and have been drooling over the new plants offered in the gardening catalogs that have been arriving in the mail lately

I really hate cold weather.

We went horseback riding yesterday and seeing some of the kudzu covered countryside made me think of this.

I love gardening, something about getting outside and digging around in the dirt is very enjoyable and relaxing to me.