When planning your autumn garden, one awesome plant to get started now is the Pumpkin On A Stick, also known as the Pumpkin Tree or Hmong Eggplant (among other names). Not a true pumpkin, but still so adorable for fall decor and vases.

Pumpkin on a stick grows fast but has thorns to watch out for. The leaves are huge compared to the tiny fruits and plants can be started from seed or cuttings. Normally early summer is a good time to start this plant, but if you’ve got a lot of sun you can still plant some now and you …read more

Early spring is the best time to plant trees and shrubs. It’s good for several reasons. The selection at the garden centers and nurseries is best. The plant specimens are newly dug and haven’t been stressed by being in the sun with just a root ball all spring, and the climate in the Midwest and Northeast generally is cool and rainy–ideal for newly-planted trees.

Here are some tips to successful tree planting:
1. Dig the hole for the tree around three times the size of the root ball
2. Plant the tree at the same depth as it was …read more

Even though it snowed last night and is still snowing the kids still had school. Thank God! It does look like a little Winter Wonderland all over the place. So I had to take some pictures of the snow on the trees. Enjoy!