Hello Everyone A new friend to the website has shared a photo of her daylily beds in her backyard. Turns out she just loves daylilies and has collected just about every variety over the years. I I love the mix of colors.  Now this would make mowing interesting.   Read more

Hello Everyone I just want to share a picture with you of the gloriously bright yellow “gas station” day lilies. I took this picture on a road trip through Ohio. As you can see this is  a mass planting, which really catches your eye.  The color and the flower are cheerfully stuck in the middle of… Read more

If you are looking for inexpensive low maintenance color in your garden, I’d like you to take a new look at an old favorite. These plants have been around for decades, so are easily over looked, until you see the new colors and uses for these plants. Lets start with the Day Lilly.  This is the… Read more

Right about now most of us are gearing up to prep our gardens for planting. Whether its a veggie, herb, or perennial garden (or all three together in a beautiful design), you need to “make the bed” before any of your plants can get in it. This means prep the soil. I am often asked… Read more

Its finally time to get up close and personal with your dirt. Yep, if you haven’t already started your seedlings indoors, it’s still not too late to it.  Believe it or not, it’s not too early to  start some veggies outdoors. Some greens actually need the cooler temps to germinate. You beginner gardeners may not know… Read more

Hello Fellow Garden Geeks. Well the longest night of 2015 has passed and we have hopefully all made it through the glorious holiday season happier and healthier.  Here the holidays begin with Halloween and end with the new year celebrations. So, its a couple months of friends, family, football, fancy food, and hopefully some spiritual… Read more

Coming soon to a kitchen near you! Hello Everyone! I’m happy to announce that this winter I will be opening a new section of The Charmed Garden! The Charmed Kitchen will offer creative everyday uses for the items in your garden. Read more

Hello Hearty Gardeners A friendly reminder that there’s still time to plant your greens for a fall harvest. Yep, get a 2nd crop of spinach, lettuce and kale. If you planted Chard its probably a hearty rainbow of colors and still going strong. Your kale however has probably gotten tough or rubbery, that is if… Read more

This is an eggplant surrounded by white petunias. The white flowers were chosen as bright contrasts to the pretty purple flowers that become eggplants. This is a Japanese Eggplant which produces long, dark purple eggplants that look like jewels dripping from the fairly large, dark green leaves. The flowers start as an affordable, easy to… Read more