Gardening Jeans
Hello and welcome to Gardening Jeans! We are lifelong gardeners and unabashed plant collectors with tons of great tips and ideas to share. We started our gardens from scratch over 30 years ago, and they continue to grow and change every season. Besides experimenting in our own garden, we've had years working for an Independent Garden Center, hours volunteering with Master Gardeners, and days spent in horticultural education progams, all of which have taught us that there is always something we don't know - always something new to learn. Join us as we rake, dig, plant, prune, fertilize and harvest our way through the season, and share our sucesses (and "ut-ohs!") as we go. Our garden is in southern Rhode Island, zone 7a (recategorized from 6b last year).
Labor Day in the Garden: Harvesting Potatoes - plus - Woodchuck Woes revisited
Mid August Garden Walk
YES, We Grow Veggies, Too!
HYDRANGEA: Sun Lovers VS Shade Lovers
Hydrangea Season is Here!
June Garden Stars: Peonies, Foxglove, Roses, and more!
End of May Garden Walk! Let's see what's blooming today!
Mid-May Garden Tour for Shade Lovers!
The Magic of Kinney Azalea Garden
Make More Smooth and Panicle Hydrangea Blooms with Spring Pruning!
Maximize Big-Leaf Hydrangea Flower Power! Put down those clippers (until you watch this video!)
Hellebores are a garden must-have! Plus: Rainy day Plant Shopping at Hattoy's Nursery.
Spring Bloom Update PLUS Pruning Big-Leaf and Mountain Hydrangea (Spring Hydrangea Pruning Part 1)
It's the end of March and the Garden is Awake!
Signs of Spring! Plus: The benefits of keeping a Garden Diary.
"Garden Thugs" aka Plants you might want to avoid planting this Spring!
Winter Flowering Houseplants
Today's Winter Gardener Checklist: Forcing Forsythia, Waking up Amaryllis, and SNOW!
Japanese Maples & Friends: Fall Color Continues! Plus: Time to Make Leaf Mulch!
Peak Color Garden Tour
Growing Garlic is Easy!
Take a stroll through our Mid-October Garden
Day 1 for Fall Outdoor Decorating - A Little Trimming - Plus a visit to Brigg's Nursery
Enjoying some Fall Fun at a local Orchard
Let the Fall Plant Shuffle Begin!
What's in Bloom: Early September Garden Tour
Garden-to-Table: Crazy 2-foot long Beans and Mom's Creamy Cucumber-Herb Salad
Dry Hydrangea flowers and enjoy them all year long!
Between the Hydrangeas: Mid-August in the Crescent Garden
Garden Party Time!