Buyer Beware!

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Buyer Beware! 06-03-12 – A few weeks ago I was in a friends’ yard while she bemoaned the fact that the lavender plants she had purchased and planted last year had not survived winter. That’s because...

Carefree Cuts: How to Prune Shrubs

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Carefree Cuts: How to Prune Shrubs Shrub beauty, health and longevity come from proper pruning. 05-7-12 –People will buy an expensive piece of leather clothing and take it to a specialist across town for...

Shear Magic

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Shear Magic 04-25-11 –Spring – the season we live for, when all gardeners feel younger than their years, unless, of course, they are a young gardener. If you are in your twenties or thirties and already...

Origin of Species

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Origin of Species   Running a week behind in all aspects of my life, as usual, particularly as the final few months of the landscaping season appear on the horizon. Some great projects this summer,...

Grow Your Own: Successful Home Vegetable Gardening

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Grow Your Own: Successful Home Vegetable Gardening 3-12-10 – It’s the trend that could kick-start the stagnant gardening industry: In 2009, nearly fifty percent of American homeowners grew some form of...