Hello Fellow Gardeners,

Welcome back to the Daily Weeder to our faithful friends and readers! We’ve taken a bit of a sabbatical, but just like you, we couldn’t stay away!

It’s been an incredible summer for gardening in my neck of the woods! We’ve enjoyed lots of sunshine and enough rain to make everything grow grow GROW! Right now my irises, columbines, and most of all, my roses are blooming in brilliant shades of pink, yellow, white, blue, red, and purple. It took a lot of hard work, but right now I’m enjoying the fruits of my labor! And I wanted to share it all with you, so join me if you will, for this year’s tour of my garden…

Stay tuned for more tips, tricks, ideas, and inspiration on the cold climate gardening from the Daily Weeder!

Happy Gardening,

Marie Suzanne

Hello Fellow Gardeners,

Knowing how much you all love anything gardening, I make sure to keep an eye out for any unusual and particularly interesting news, innovations, and more, in the gardening world! Today we are going to take a look at my latest finds…enjoy!

Big Reasons to Grow Your Own Garden

Gardening in the news! This article offers some pretty scary studies on pesticides and what they can do to the human body, as well as tips on how to start and manage your own organic garden. You may never eat non-organic food again!

Cow Pots: “The Pots You Plant!”

An interesting new garden innovation! Cow Pots claim to “grow sturdier, healthier plants” while decreasing dependency on non-recyclable plastics, municipal waste, and more! Cow Pots are pots made from composted cow manure that you can use to start your plants in, then transfer them pots and all, to your garden beds. The manure helps to keep your plants happy and well nourished while they grow grow grow! I haven’t personally tried these yet, but you can believe I’m going to! If you are interested in purchasing, here is a link on where to buy.

Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent

You can tour a garden today, and you don’t even have to step outside! Sissinghurst, one of the most famous gardens in the world, is available for a picture tour! Get great ideas and inspiration, and most of all a feeling of Spring (ahhh Spring!) by taking a peek at Dave Parker’s great travel photos. Tour the cottage and rose gardens, as well as get some picturesque views from the tower, and the courtyard! The website also offers an interesting brief history on Sissinghurst that you don’t want to miss!

Visiting an Underground Garden Built in a Former Bank Vault Under Tokyo

Wow! Talk about garden ingenuity! Visit an underground rice and veggie field that utilizes “…computer-controlled artificial light and temperature management.” The wave of the future or a passing fancy? You decide.

Stay tuned for more tips, tricks, ideas, and inspiration on cold climate gardening brought to you by the Daily Weeder!

Happy Gardening,

Marie Suzanne

Hello Fellow Gardeners,

With all the white fluffy stuff outside its hard to remember our beautiful colorful gardens! Well, to help thaw out your gardeners heart, I decided to bring a little Spring to the Daily Weeder! I am happy to share with you some nice bright sunny pictures of my gardens before they looked like this…

Asiatic Lilies add beautiful bright color to my backyard garden!

This blue bearded iris is one of my pride and joys, and these deep red tulips are so charming!

Some Malva peek out through my front gate…

My frog ornament, who’ve I’ve affectionately named Rodney, fishes happily in the Lamium…

My absolute favorite rose in the world– the Nicole rose!

We bid you all farewell with a lovely overview of my French rose garden…

I hope you’ve enjoyed your journey back to Spring! Unfortunately we must return to cold January days and snow, snow and more snow. Sniff. Don’t worry Spring is on its way…only three more months till fun n’ the sun begins again!

Stay tuned for more tips, tricks, ideas, and inspiration on cold climate gardening, courtesy of the Daily Weeder!

Happy Gardening,
Marie Suzanne