Monthly Archives: January 2011

Mulching

Posted on January 27, 2011 by tarheel gardening.com

As gardeners we want the best for our gardens. With a myriad of elements in the building a garden, we slowly learn the benefits of doing certain tasks at certain times of year. Not often dose one task have multiple benefits. It’s good to know adding mulch to the garden is one gardening task that has multiple benefits. Adding organic mulch to your garden not only helps the garden perform at it’s best, it also makes it look it’s best too. Continue reading →

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How-to compost

Posted on January 20, 2011 by tarheel gardening.com

Waste not, want not; right? But it happens. When it does, where does your kitchen waste go? When you’re making a salad, finishing an apple, peeling an onion, or trimming vegetables, where does the waste end up? If you answered the compost pile, you are part of a growing number of home gardeners composting their kitchen waste. Continue reading →

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A Walk in the Winter Garden

Posted on January 13, 2011 by tarheel gardening.com

Reprinted from Triangle Gardener January/February issue…. Flowers, berries, evergreens and grasses will fill the winter garden with wildlife and give you reason to walk around. One of the best parts about living in North Carolina are winters worthy of gardening.  … Continue reading →

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Cercis chinensis ‘Kay’s Early Hope’

Posted on January 6, 2011 by tarheel gardening.com

What better way to welcome spring than from redbuds; and now one redbud is saying welcome even sooner. Cercis chinensis ‘Kay’s Early Hope’ has hit the North Carolina landscape scene after being selected and trialed at the JC Raulston Arboretum. ‘Kay’s Early Hope’ was named after the NC State’s women’s basketball coach, the incomparable Kay Yow. Continue reading →

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