by Whitney Anderson | Aug 3, 2025 | Gardening, Invasive Species
If you’ve landed here googling tree of heaven, you’re probably already in tree of heaven hell. Ailanthus altissima sounds poetic, but this invasive plant is a huge pain to deal with. I’m not a professional arborist or an invasive species expert — just a frustrated...
by Whitney Anderson | Jul 20, 2025 | Gardening
Move over tomato cages and meet the tomato trellis tower. I can’t believe I bumbled around with tomato cages for years before creating a tomato tower with the string method. Creating this kind of tomato trellis requires a little more effort upfront, but it pays...
by Whitney Anderson | Mar 23, 2024 | Flowers, Gardening
If you don’t want your peonies to fall over, I will show you how to make cheap and easy peony cages for a fraction of the cost of peony supports available for purchase. I’m using the term “make” here loosely as it’s so easy, it’s...
by Whitney Anderson | Feb 24, 2024 | Gardening
I will show you an easy and cheap trick to turn a regular privacy fence into a practical trellis. My garden is small and I need to maximize space, so I devised a way to turn my existing privacy fence into a productive trellis. All you have to do is attach wire fencing...
by Whitney Anderson | Feb 16, 2024 | Garden Technology, Gardening
It’s always a good idea to have flowers blooming at all times, so I made a year-round blooming flowers chart to help plan for blooms for the whole year. Why year-round blooms are a good idea Aside from the obvious benefit of having beautiful blooms no matter the...
