This morning I awoke to the sound of a bird chorus, chirping blissfully, announcing the arrival of spring. Once again, it is that time of year, when nature busies itself with its most important task, the task of reproduction. Every…
March is the perfect time to do the garden clean-up work gives you a chance at managing the weeds and downright invasive plants that will soon be trying to take over your entire garden. If you wait until May when…
Thanks to our woody plants buyer Miri Talabac for her excellent and timely advice!
Mark your calendars for [past Behnke event] because that’s when the Baltimore Sun’s very own writer and gardenblogger Susan Reimer will be at the Beltsville location talking about: “Gardening on the Internet: How to learn, plan, chat, shop and otherwise…
We hope you took our suggestion and attended the free Rooting DC event for DC-Area Urban Gardeners last weekend because now in its fourth year, it was better than ever. We were inspired to see hundreds of city- and suburb-dwellers…
Plants that multiply are great for filling up gardens without busting the budget, so I asked Larry Hurley to recommend some for our blog readers. But because self-seeding plants CAN be a headache (or worse), Larry asks us to first…
Here’s a few more of my favorite books for Woody Plant References. The “holy trinity” of Dirr’s woody plant references, these three books include just about everything you need or want to know about trees, shrubs and vines for your…
Make Vegetable Gardening Fun and Interesting – Mix It Up. Now that I have you thinking about spring vegetables in the “Dread of Winter,” go to Behnke’s at Beltsville to enjoy the color and beauty while shopping for your cool…
Larry Hurley’s obsession for plants is never satisfied by just growing them, and choosing which perennials to select for Behnkes’ customers. Oh, no. He and his equally adventurous wife like to take off to parts unknown or at least seldom…
It’s time to take the cool-season vegetable seeds you’ve purchased and plant them indoors so that they will be ready to set out in the garden in mid-March. Cool-season vegetables include cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, spinach, mustards and collards. There…
In the Old Country This staff profile starts in the Eastern part of Germany, where Helmut Jaehnigen was born 75 years ago. He went on to earn a masters in arborculture in Heidelburg and pursued his career in Switzerland, Sweden,…
A wonderful young writer has written a guide to growing food in small spaces, and it’s getting rave reviews – probably because it covers all the basics in a fun, conversational tone, and is packed with terrific photos. Sugar Snaps…