By Joyce Driemeyer (This article first appeared in The Gateway Gardener July 2009 issue) What to do with some of those herbs you are now growing! Although they have ease of maintenance, weekly snipping and pruning will keep them thrifty and bushy. Water at the root area during very dry periods, a task best done in the early morning. After
» Read moreBy Mara Higdon (This article first appeared in The Gateway Gardener July 2009 issue.) While sweating in the July heat, the last thing you think about is planning the planting for the fall harvest. However, there are a variety of veggies such as broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, beets, turnips and more that can be planted now into August to ensure
» Read more(This article first appeared in The Gateway Gardener July 2009 issue.) Tips for Tuning Your System for More Efficient Water Management Sometimes water conservation can be a hard sell in this region among great rivers, where water is still plentiful and relatively inexpensive. But even if you don’t have environmental concerns and your water bill isn’t among your greatest financial
» Read moreBy Diane Brueckman (This article was first published in The Gateway Gardener July 2009 issue.) If you haven’t already done so give your roses a second feeding. I like to do the organic fertilizers such as my Chicken Soup. If you use a chemical fertilizer like 12-12-12 give the roses 1/2 cup to 1 cup depending on the size of
» Read moreI took advantage of the Media Night invitation to visit the Chinese Lantern Festival on the evening of May 31, 2012. It is a beautiful installation day or night, but from a photographer’s point of view, the best time to catch the beauty of the lit lanterns is right when they turn them on at 8pm, as there’s still some
» Read moreIn late April, purples and pinks are dominating the scene in The Gateway Gardener gardens. Click on any photo to view and click on the forward or backward arrows to move through the photo gallery. After the last slide, click inside the photo to close. (Note: if you choose the Slideshow option, the captions don’t appear, so if you want
» Read moreSpring is dashing full-bore ahead, and with the winds today, I thought I’d better get out and take a few pictures before all the blossoms of spring fly away. So here’s some of what I found in bloom on the beautiful spring morning of March 20th in The Gateway Gardener garden. Click on any photo to view and click on
» Read moreThe St. Louis Garden Blitz of 2012 was held Saturday, March 3rd, featuring keynote speakers Doug Tallamy (author of Bringing Nature Home) and Diane Ott Whaley, co-founder of Seed Savers Exchange. The day featured talks by the keynotes plus presentations by area horticulture pros on ways we can garden more sustainably. Sponsors and green industry groups also sponsored informational booths.
» Read moreIt’s high season for hellebores in St. Louis. Here are a few blooming in The Gateway Gardener garden on March 4, 2012. Hellebores will seed easily, but are slow growers and take several years to reach blooming stage. They also don’t come true to seed, so you have no idea what the flower color or characteristics will be. It’s fun
» Read moreBy Ellen Barredo (This article was first published in a shortened form in The Gateway Gardener March 2012 issue) Houseplants, our Green Heroes, work tirelessly purifying our home and office environments removing common pollutants and continuously releasing oxygen and moisture into our homes and offices. Houseplants improve our lives, naturally cleansing the very air we breathe. A recent news report
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