Cultivating Garden Style with Rochelle Greayer

What are those special ingredients that elevate a garden into a stylish and unforgettable space? What’s the best way to unleash your garden personality, and how can you create an outdoor place that’s uniquely your own? Just in time for another… [Continue Reading]

Cultivating Garden Style with Rochelle Greayer Cultivating Garden Style with Rochelle Greayer

Fenway Farms Scores Home Run for Red Sox

“Take me out to the ball game. Take me out with the crowd.” But forget about buying me “some peanuts and Cracker Jack,” as the 1908 Tin Pan Alley song by Jack Norworth and Albert von Tilzer recommends. I would much rather tour the new 5,000… [Continue Reading]

Fenway Farms Scores Home Run for Red Sox Fenway Farms Scores Home Run for Red Sox

Creating a Cottage Garden

A proper cottage garden, explains Oxford Dictionary, is defined as "an informal garden stocked typically with colourful flowering plants." And that's the type of garden I've created at my home (Zone 6B/7), as you can see above. From self-seeding poppies… [Continue Reading]

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Five Reasons Why Kids Should Garden

One of my favorite childhood memories was running around the garden until dinner time, chasing after lightning bugs and catching tadpoles. Sadly, too many kids spend most of their summer time indoors, playing on video games or watching TV. This lack… [Continue Reading]

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Five Fab Drought-Tolerant Plants

by Seasonal Wisdom on March 15, 2018

Noelle_Johnson_horticulturist_AZ_Plant_LadyThe current drought in large portions of the United States makes the need for water-wise gardens more important than ever. But that doesn’t mean our gardens can’t look attractive.

That’s why Seasonal Wisdom turned to Noelle Johnson for some drought-tolerant plant suggestions.  This talented horticulturist runs AZ Plant Lady landscape consulting in Chandler, Arizona and she spends her working hours  making low-water gardens beautiful.

Check out five of Noelle’s favorite drought-tolerant plants, and get her expert gardening tips for growing them.

All photos are copyright to Noelle Johnson.

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Review: Troy-Bilt CORE Blower and Giveaway!

by Seasonal Wisdom on June 26, 2017

Kurt's Yard 6-2-17 042The Jacaranda trees are blooming in Southern California and spreading purple flowers all over the place. See how the Troy-Bilt CORE blower performs in cleaning them up, and enter to win a $100 Lowe’s gift card.

Plus, take a tour my friends’ new drought tolerant garden and learn more about Jacarandas trees. Read the full article →

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Review: Troy-Bilt’s TB490 XP™ 4×4 Self-Propelled Mower

May 28, 2017

Whether your garden is flat or hilly, this 4×4 Self-Propelled Mower by Troy-Bilt can handle the challenge. Come check out this product review and see a bit of my garden – along with a surprise visitor!

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A Garden Tour in Spring

May 21, 2017

After a four year drought, California has finally had a rainy winter and spring. My small suburban garden has perked up quite a bit since we bought the property three years ago. So, I thought I would throw open my garden gate and invite you in for a little visit. Especially if you promise not […]

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Seven Things I Learned About Food

April 2, 2017

It’s been months since I’ve written in Seasonal Wisdom! My apologies and I’m about to remedy this situation. But one main reason is that I’ve been working on a full-time contract with the University of California’s Office of President to write about food and agriculture for its blog UCFoodObserver.com. Why in the world should you […]

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Ventura Farm Day Connects the Community

November 2, 2016

When was the last time you spent any time on a farm? Well, if you are like most people, it’s probably been quite a while … if ever. And that’s what a group of farmers about an hour north of Los Angeles want to change. More than 20 farmers in Ventura County, California are swinging […]

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Troy-Bilt Hedge Trimmer Powered by CORE

July 12, 2016

When it comes to garden chores, one of my husband’s least favorite jobs is trimming the 12-foot (often  higher) Cape honeysuckle growing in our backyard.  It’s a dirty, thankless job that needs to be done every few months so the plant doesn’t get out of control. But a new innovative cordless, battery powered hedge trimmer […]

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Creating the Cocktail Hour Garden

June 26, 2016

Have you ever become so busy that you simply forgot how to unwind outdoors at the end of the day? Well, C.L. Fornari wants to change that. She wants you to create such a relaxing outdoor space that you can’t wait to watch the sun set and the evening begin in your garden – especially […]

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Troy-Bilt Brush Cutter Makes Its Mark

June 19, 2016

It could happen to anyone, really. Our friends came home from vacation to an overgrown backyard, where the grass had grown really tall. In some places, the lawn had grown nearly knee-high, and the yard needed more than just a normal lawn mower to cut it. That’s when my husband decided to try out the […]

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Cultivating Garden Style with Rochelle Greayer

May 17, 2016

What are those special ingredients that elevate a garden into a stylish and unforgettable space? What’s the best way to unleash your garden personality, and how can you create an outdoor place that’s uniquely your own? Just in time for another gardening season, Seasonal Wisdom sat down with London-trained landscape designer Rochelle Greayer for ideas […]

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