NOTE: this is an on-going list. If there is a definition you want to add, please let me know? Acidic soil: The pH scale is logarithmic, from 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral. Soil with a pH level below 7 is acidic. The lower the pH, the more acidic it is. Acidic soil is [...]
Thank you for visiting Gardening with Confidence®. I am having a giveaway for a copy of my book Gardening with Confidence®–50 Ways to add style for personal creativity. The contest ends on Monday, December 24, 2012. Tell me how you garden with confidence. I’m and looking forward to hearing what you do! Please like my Facebook [...]
THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED Let’s celebrate! What better way to celebrate than with kicking off the season with a holiday wreath from P. Allen Smith’s Holiday Collection. Allen has graciously offered a wreath from his collections of any of my choosing to offer you in this giveaway. I choose the 20 inch wreath from his [...]
Gardening with Confidence® — 50 ways to add style for personal creativity is designed to give you insight on the basics of adding and arranging the components of your garden. The confidence you’ll gain in knowing how to add design features, while developing your own personal style, will help take your garden to the levels seen in the fantastic gardens that inspired you to begin your own work of art.
Gardening with Confidence® — 50 ways to add style for personal creativity is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Shipping will be on or about September 15, 2012. This book project was in me to do for a very long time. I wanted to write a book I felt was missing in the gardening community. A [...]
As a Southerner through and thru, I wouldn’t be worth my salt if I didn’t have at least one good all-around cassole in my potluck-making ability. You know, during those times when saying, “I bought it myself” just won’t do. [...]
Days of old have gone with the wind and have been replaced with a refreshing breeze and a fresh face making the South proud. P. Allen Smith is the new face of the South–one that appeals across the nation. The man has good manners, excellent style, and impeccable taste. He is friendly, real, and puts [...]
Everybody loves strawberries, right? Vine ripened fruit, at the peak of freshness, knows no substitute. During a recent conversation with a friend, I mentioned putting in 40 ever-blooming strawberry plants. She remarked, “I hope you plan to preserve because that’s a lot of strawberries.” But in fact, I had another reason in mind. I’m not an [...]
Author of Gardening with Confidence –50 Ways to add style for personal creativity. Recipient of a Garden Writers Association Silver award 2013 Gardening expert at Answers.com. Editor and writer for Tarheel Gardening. Country Gardener: 2013: Katie’s Krops, Summer Triangle Gardener: 2013: Slow Flower Farming at Terra Ceia Farms, May/June Christian Science Monitor Slow Flow Farming Small Gardens magazine: 2013: Depth [...]
Click here to see my piece in P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home™ Blog Siting here, now, at my Mac, it’s fuzzy how it came that I would plank my way through New York City. But, alas, I did. Approval of my actions came from my three children’s giggles and [...]
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