http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_design/gardening RSS Feed for Inq H&D Gardening en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:38:39 GMT http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_design/gardening/20091120_They_dig_garden_tools.html Maybe, says Harold Sweetman, there are no new ideas when it comes to garden tools. No good ones, anyway. Maybe the old standbys - spade, trowel, hoe, fork, pruner, saw - cannot be improved upon, though Lord knows, the marketplace keeps trying. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_design/gardening/20091120_Time_to____.html Protect potted perennials and shrubs that, in candor, you won't get planted this year: Sink the pots in the ground. The top of the soil in the pot should be an inch higher than the surrounding soil, which must be well drained (add sand as necessary). http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_design/gardening/20091120_Garden_Calendar.html Holiday Workshops Holiday workshops at Triple Oaks Nursery Williamsburg wreath ($45), 1 p.m. Nov. 29; holiday advent wreath ($40), 6:30 p.m. Nov. 27; evergreen wreath ($50), every 45 minutes from 1 to 3:15 p.m. Dec. 4 to Dec. 7; pre-registration required: 856-694-4272. Information: www.tripleoaks.com. Triple Oaks Nursery, 2359 Delsea Dr., Franklinville. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_design/gardening/20091113_Landreth_Seed_Co__turns_225__launches_African_American_collection.html Six years ago, when Barbara Melera bought the venerable D. Landreth Seed Co., it had been decades since Landreths were at the helm, and the company no longer specialized in the vegetables and flowers that had built its fine reputation. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_design/gardening/20091113_Garden_Calendar.html Tomorrow The Secret of Growing Perfect Begonias Program with Ginny Page, former begonia grower-propagator at Meadowbrook Farms, at the Indoor Plant Society (formerly Hobby Greenhouse Association) meeting; 9 a.m. to noon. Free. Cathedral Village, Community Room, 600 E. Cathedral Rd., off Ridge Ave. Information: 215-646-3873, stuhu2@comcast.net. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_design/gardening/20091113_Garden_Q_A.html Question: If you are trying to be organic and make your lawn soil self-sustainable, do you want to rake your leaves and use the compost from them in your garden or do you want to mow them where they lie on the grass and let them fertilize your lawn for next year? http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_design/gardening/7169112.html http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_design/gardening/inspirationalgardenscontest.html http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_design/gardening/8625082.html http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_design/gardening/20070615_High_on_hydrangeas.html Tina Krause spent many a summer on MacMahan Island in Maine, an idyllic place she remembers for its salty air and turn-of-the-20th-century cottages.