New to Gardening – August 2021 BOOM! Magazine
By Karen Highland My first attempt at gardening happened about 3 years ago. It was to serve three important purposes. First, to help improve my diet. I am a true southern girl and like good southern...
View ArticleLasagna Gardening – September 2021 BOOM! Magazine
By Claire Hubbard My father, Papa John, as he was fondly called by his family, took great pride in his vegetable garden toward the later years of his life. My grandmother was an avid gardener working...
View ArticleLook out for Naked Ladies – October 2021 BOOM Magazine
By Virginia Gregory When the brutal heat of summer is finally passing and taking the most vibrant garden colors with it, there is a bloom that shines like a Las Vegas showgirl down county roads and in...
View ArticleKeeping A Pollinator Friendly Lawn and Garden – November 2021 BOOM! Magazine
By Tom Ringenberg Every gardener, whether you grow vegetables, ornamentals, or fruit trees, knows how important, bees and other insect pollinators are to your garden. Unfortunately, you may have...
View ArticleA Beginner’s Guide to Orchids – December 2021 BOOM! Magazine
By Charlene Beach As a child, I remember spending my summers in Hawaii helping my grandfather and watering his many orchids. I didn’t realize it at the time, but the hours spent performing this family...
View ArticleLate Winter Pruning – January 2022 BOOM! Magazine
By Mallory Kelley If you have not been out in the cold to prune your landscape plants and wondering if this is even the time to do it, then hopefully this information will be of help. Whether or not...
View ArticleContainer Gardening – February 2022 BOOM! Magazine
by Dave Toellner I have tried several types of gardening ranging from tilling up a section of the back yard, raised bed and now container gardening. Each attempt has brought its own frustrations and...
View ArticleThere is a Garden in every Childhood – April 2022 BOOM! Magazine
By Cathy Kleinmann “An enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer and the morning more fragrant than ever again.” Elizabeth Lawrence, A Southern Garden The birds singing outside the...
View ArticleBeautiful Flower – May 2022 BOOM! Magazine
By Mamie McClure “If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” – Frances Hodgson Burnett My mom loved flowers, she would plant them in the ground or in flowerpots, all the...
View ArticleSafety Bear – June 2022 BOOM! Magazine
By Darwin Prewitt This is the season when our good friend, Safety Bear, travels far away to go into hibernation. He knows that legions of folks will soon invade their yards, patios, gardens and flower...
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