Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Canadian Bakin’ Canadian bakin’ (and cookin’, gardenin’, and mushroom huntin’) is just some of what’s in store for The Renaissance Garden Guy and my wife Ann and me as we start our life together here in Bridge Lake, British Columbia, smack dab in the wild heart of the Cariboo […]
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy My Garden Is Fork-ready! “My Garden Is Fork-ready!” Damn straight. It’s “Arrivederci” to summer and a flower garden’s halcyon days. Relax. It might be “So long,” but it definitely ain’t “Goodbye.” By John G. Stamos I’m writing all this down at the tail end of August, which is a
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Gardening As a Salve in 1973 It was a difficult year in New Jersey, but the tomatoes and Brother Doug helped. By Russ Smith Fifty-two years ago I became an apprentice gardener, although perhaps lackey is more accurate. It was an odd job in a year of odd events.
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Growing Phlox in Sun through Shade Growing phlox in an ornamental garden is a piece of cake. There’s literally a perennial species for every sunlight level, and not one of them requires any fuss. The three kinds that I grow have never caused an ounce of trouble, and they’ve
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Does Well Water Stain Foliage? Does well water stain foliage? Loaded question. And the short answer is yes – and it happens when that well water is loaded with the Earth’s two most bodacious forms of iron. Stick around, have a read, and watch the included vid. It’s all
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy It’s Nice to Be Asked to Say a Few Words… It’s nice to be asked to “say a few words.” Whether those words are spoken live at a particular social event, or written in a printed quote, the idea that someone thinks your thoughts are important enough to be
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Foundation Plantings: The Whys, the Whats, and the Hows In “Foundation Plantings: The Whys, the Whats, and the Hows,” I’m spilling on my reasons for implementing foundation plantings in an ornamental garden, my own ideas about what actually makes foundation plantings actual foundation plantings, and what I think is
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Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy A May 2025 RGG Garden Tour There’s a May 2025 RGG garden tour lurking here in RGG YouTube Channel form. (You’ll find the link below.) It amounts to keeping tabs on my garden’s various planting beds as they recover from disastrous climate anomalies and equally disastrous decision-making. By John
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Misting and Watering Phalaenopsis Orchids Misting and watering Phalaenopsis orchids sufficiently and correctly helps ensure that these exotic beauties stay healthy, happy, and blooming full-on. By John G. Stamos Table of Contents Misting and Watering Phalaenopsis Orchids: A Moth Orchid Introduction with Some Really Helpful Info Phalaenopsis orchid appearance:
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy In the Midst of Plant Lives I live my own life in the midst of plant lives. Many, many plant lives. Since I’m the publisher here, this situation would seem to be about right. But I choose to live my life with plants for reasons far beyond the vocational.
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