Blue Ridge Gardener


April 27, 2008

Garden Guide

Category: Garden Guides – Michael – 11:27 am

Here is the Gardening Guide that is made available by the NC Cooperative Extension service:

Gardening Guide

April 26, 2008

Gardening Tool from Weather.com

Category: Websites – Michael – 3:17 pm

I was checking weather today and ran across this atool that is on the Weather.com site:

Garden Care Calendar

It is a database that can be customized for your zip code, and can be accessed for a wide variety of plants.

Definitely worth a look.

April 25, 2008

Plant Sale Weekend

Category: Announcements – Michael – 9:38 pm

It seems that every garden club and public garden got together and decided that this weekend is “Plant Sale Weekend.”

The Asheville Citizen-Times had this article today:
Grow your garden: It’s a big weekend for plant sale

I will not be ready for another month to start plantings (more realistically, about two months)

Here is a website from the AC-T that keeps up with local gardening news:
Garden Asheville

April 24, 2008

A favorite magazine- The Herb Companion

Category: Magazines – Michael – 9:39 am

I read all kinds of magazines about gardening. I try and hit the library regularly and read what is on the shelves, and then I will buy a couple off the newsstand every season.

Then there are the online versions that I spend time with.

I read The Herb Companion for a few reasons:

1. They always have articles about growing herbs, and using them
2. It is graphically rich and pleasing to the eye
3. There is always a challenging article that stimulates deeper thinking