Progress report I will not have a plant post up this week and probably not next week because I am spending my writing time working on another site to introduce Redemption for a Redneck, the second in what I propose to be The Redneck Trilogy. A lot of people have told me how much they [...]
Archive for October, 2011
Using pansies in window boxes for winter color
Posted in garden techniques, landscape design, plant and garden how to, tagged coco fiber plnters, coconut fiber liners, Orbit irrigation timer, pansies, pansy window box, violas, winter pansy on October 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Using pansies in window boxes for winter color Dot Fletcher loves her window planters. I call them window boxes, but they are actually made of a wire frame with coconut fiber liners. We change these planters twice a year—in the spring we plant lots of begonias, bacopa, and similar plants for summer color. In October, [...]
Press Release–Redemption for a Redneck
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged John P. Schulz, Raymond Atkins, Redemption for a Redneck, redneck novel on October 11, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Press Release A box of notes leads to a book series John P. Schulz announces the upcoming release of his new novel, Redemption for a Redneck, which is the second in a series that was started with his award winning Requiem for a Redneck (Independent Publisher’s Book Awards, “IPPY”, Gold Medal for “Regional Best fiction-South” [...]
A garden path with hand made stepping stones, pea gravel mulch, and a rock garden.
Posted in erosion control, garden techniques, plant and garden how to, working with stone/rocks, tagged cement stain, concrete stain, make stepping stones, pea gravel, rock garden, rock garden with pea gravel, stepping stones with pea gravel on October 9, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Making stepping stones with whiskey barrel rings–part two There was a multi faceted landscaping problem to solve. I stood there looking at a long narrow pathway down a side yard. The drainage was critical to prevent flooding, and we had tried to grow all kinds of grass but it was just too shady. A few years [...]
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