Would you believe after 4 years of blogging, I have my first guest blogger?

It so happens that I’ve  been thinking about writing about outdoor wood selection for some time now and then I met Hazel Jennings, writer for the CedarStore.com.

Hazel writes about wood for a living!  So Hazel and I agreed to “guest blog” on [...]

I know what I’m doing on Saturday, January 23, 2010 and I’m inviting you to come along!

I’ll be attending the “Go Green Expo” at the Los Angeles Convention Center along with garden writer Billy Goodnick, (“Cool Green Gardens” at FineGardening.com).

Billy always brings out the kid in me, so there may be some antics in store.

I’ll make [...]

As seen on the Garden World Report show, “Garden Magazines For Every Climate”

I appreciate my gardening books but there is nothing like  immediate access to information for plants that can be found online.

Have you heard of Gardenology.org?

It’s an online plant and gardening encyclopedia modeled after the popular ”Wikipedia.”

So far, Gardenology.org  has 16,711 plant entries and other [...]

New Garden World Report show this week!

If you buy regional garden magazines you are probably getting useful information for your garden.

I want to encourage you to step outside of your comfort zone and consider a regional magazines that doesn’t have your city name on it.

Instead, focus on your garden zone and select a magazine that shares [...]

The beauty of built in seat walls is that they serve a variety of functions.

Use Plants and Recycled Materials!

It’s another “recession Christmas” for most people but I’m not going to let this financial challenge get in the way of my  gift giving this  holiday season!

So, get ready friends- you will be receiving “living gifts” from the garden from me.

Then again, I always give presents from the garden!

Here are seven [...]

Hi friends.

I’m hosting a giveaway of one of my favorite products for the garden today, (Thursday, Dec. 10), through tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009 on Twittter!

Great Garden Gift!

The Easy Bloom Plant Sensor! Enter for a chance to win by going to my Twitter feed, (@GardenWReport) and post the  following message:

“@EasyBloom is on my [...]

“Portable raised garden beds for the urban square foot gardener.”

I don’t think I’ve ever written such a long blog title, but it works!

It’s exciting to be able to present some space efficient options for those of you who are short on yard space but big on dreams of growing your own food.

One of the most [...]

This week’s new Garden World Report show is taking a fun turn for garden enthusiasts. Oprah does a yearly show around this time of the year where she presents her favorite products and does a giveaway.

Oprah is not doing a “Favorite Things” show this year, but I am!

“Shirley’s Favorite Things For the Garden” showcases [...]

I had the great fortune of being in touch with some of the most respected garden writers this week.

All of them are award winners and they are appearing on this week’s Garden World Report show!

In addition to this, I am also covering three international garden stories of the week:

Fiskars has opened the registration process for [...]

It’s Fall and many cold climate gardeners are bringing their plants indoors.

The focus of this week’s Garden World Report is “Indoor Gardening” to  inspire gardeners to be as creative indoors as they are with their outdoor plants!

The impressive show lineup includes:

Paul Epsom, host of the PBS “Victory Garden” show and podcast. Paul will take us [...]

Now that the weather is cooling down in my zone 10 garden in Los Angeles, I am doing yearly maintenance on some of my ornamental grasses.

Red fountain grass, Pennisetum setaceum enjoyed a great run this summer. As a “warm season” grass, Pennisetum s. is in active growth mode throughout the summer and its feathery plumes stir [...]