Tag: home and garden
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At Home: Get richer living with less — tips to lighten up
As I was winding up a downsizing talk to a group of retirees in Baltimore last week, a woman asked a question that made me want to reach for the smelling salts. The woman, who appeared to be in her 70s, was wondering what she should do with her parents’ bedroom furniture, which she was…
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Year-round gardening: This flower gives maximum blooms for minimum work
Garden trivia: What do tomatoes and dahlias have in common? Dahlias are easy plants to grow and they yield beautiful blooms from midsummer through fall. In many respects, “dahlia culture” is similar to “tomato culture.” If you can grow tomatoes in your garden, you can successfully grow dahlias. Another similarity is that most gardeners can’t…
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Cool-season vegetables can provide boost to spring gardens
Now that the snow has melted, gardeners are itching to get into their gardens. Planting cool-season vegetables is one way to get a garden going in early spring. Vegetables are grouped into two categories — cool season and warm season — determined by soil, nighttime temperatures and tolerance for light frost. Hardy, cool-season vegetables can…
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Low-maintenance, low-water, low-effort lawn conversion
As water prices rise, and time is precious, gardeners are beginning to rethink turf, preferring to spend time hiking or playing pickleball rather than mowing lawns or motivated by a desire to reduce irrigation costs. While it might be tempting to consider converting turf to an all-rock landscape, we discourage it for a variety of…
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Low-maintenance, low-water, low-effort lawn conversion
As water prices rise, and time is precious, gardeners are beginning to rethink turf, preferring to spend time hiking or playing pickleball rather than mowing lawns or motivated by a desire to reduce irrigation costs. While it might be tempting to consider converting turf to an all-rock landscape, we discourage it for a variety of…
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Cool-season vegetables can provide boost to spring gardens
Now that the snow has melted, gardeners are itching to get into their gardens. Planting cool-season vegetables is one way to get a garden going in early spring. Vegetables are grouped into two categories — cool season and warm season — determined by soil, nighttime temperatures and tolerance for light frost. Hardy, cool-season vegetables can…
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To enliven dated décor, try taking a risk
The move was risky. And I don’t regret it one bit. For all my decorating life, decades, I thought animal prints were for other people. Although I coveted the exotic look of a leopard-print throw or a tiger-striped rug, I lacked the courage to put one in my home. That was then. I now have…
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To enliven dated décor, try taking a risk
The move was risky. And I don’t regret it one bit. For all my decorating life, decades, I thought animal prints were for other people. Although I coveted the exotic look of a leopard-print throw or a tiger-striped rug, I lacked the courage to put one in my home. That was then. I now have…
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Year-round gardening: Cool-season vegetables can provide boost to spring gardens
Now that the snow has melted, gardeners are itching to get into their gardens. Planting cool-season vegetables is one way to get a garden going in early spring. Vegetables are grouped into two categories — cool season and warm season — determined by soil, nighttime temperatures and tolerance for light frost. Hardy, cool-season vegetables can…
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At Home: To enliven dated décor, try taking a risk
The move was risky. And I don’t regret it one bit. For all my decorating life, decades, I thought animal prints were for other people. Although I coveted the exotic look of a leopard-print throw or a tiger-striped rug, I lacked the courage to put one in my home. That was then. I now have…