Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA: Shop for Your Garden Where the Locals Shop

Laurel Hill Gardens, Chestnut Hill, PA pig sculpture

When it comes to finding plants for your garden or to display inside, Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia is the place to go for quality and selection. If you are putting in a fruit and vegetable garden this season, you can still gets some good looking plants in pots from Laurel Hill Gardens in Chestnut Hill. I picked up an eggplant called Emerald Isle for my roof top container garden. It promises to produce lots of  'delicious small, light green fruit.'  Other items available for your garden … [Read more...]

My NW Philly Garden: Peas and Pansies

Pansies for sale

In NW Philadelphia, March is the month when we welcome spring. March weather can be warm, or cold with rain, or even snow. No matter which, I head for the garden center for a package of sugar snap pea seeds, and a few pansies. First of all the peas. Planted by St Patrick's Day, the sweet snap peas become my 1st garden crop of the season.  It is unusual for me to get much of a crop of peas. They are a cool weather crop.  A  hot spell in late May or early June will do them in. Still, … [Read more...]

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