Michigan Gardener is a regional gardening magazine founded in 1996 by brothers Eric and Jonathon Hofley. The magazine can be picked up monthly, free of charge, April through November at over 260 locations throughout Southeastern Michigan. Eric and Jonathon Hofley began the initial brainstorming sessions for Michigan Gardener in the fall of 1995. Knowing that they wanted to create a publication of their own, gardening was the natural choice.
For the first few years, the brothers held their day jobs while producing the magazine during all other available hours. In 2000 they transitioned to Michigan Gardener full-time as the magazine continued to grow. They handled editing, advertising, and graphic design, as well as a large portion of each issue's delivery, and continue to do so today.
For the first few years, the brothers held their day jobs while producing the magazine during all other available hours. In 2000 they transitioned to Michigan Gardener full-time as the magazine continued to grow. They handled editing, advertising, and graphic design, as well as a large portion of each issue's delivery, and continue to do so today.
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Canna lilies are vigorous growers, spreading and creating large clumps of fleshy rhizomes.
Whether in the ground or container, their vibrant colors and reblooming ability make them desirable additions to a garden.
Keeping our favorites from year to year is also cost effective.
Using a fork, gently lift the shallow-rooted clumps from the soil and lay them out on trays with newspaper.
Separate the rhizomes with your hands, being careful but not paranoid if some of them break.
Sort and trim out any damaged rhizomes.
Whether in the ground or container, their vibrant colors and reblooming ability make them desirable additions to a garden.
Keeping our favorites from year to year is also cost effective.
Using a fork, gently lift the shallow-rooted clumps from the soil and lay them out on trays with newspaper.
Separate the rhizomes with your hands, being careful but not paranoid if some of them break.
Sort and trim out any damaged rhizomes.
In no particular order, we're recapping 15 great books from 2010 for the gardener on your holiday shopping list.
Any one of them would be a great holiday gift for the green thumb on your list.
Put 'em Up! (Storey Publishing, 304 pages, $19.95) offers simple, step-by-step instructions with colorful photos and 175 delicious recipes for home preserving.
The author begins with a section on techniques that offers how-to information for every kind of preserving: refrigerating, freezing, air- and oven-drying, cold- and hot-pack canning, and pickling.
Any one of them would be a great holiday gift for the green thumb on your list.
Put 'em Up! (Storey Publishing, 304 pages, $19.95) offers simple, step-by-step instructions with colorful photos and 175 delicious recipes for home preserving.
The author begins with a section on techniques that offers how-to information for every kind of preserving: refrigerating, freezing, air- and oven-drying, cold- and hot-pack canning, and pickling.
These forced forsythia blooms brighten up the Michigan Gardener office as we prepare our first issue of 2013-coming in early April!
The season's first dusting of snow covers the CN railroad tracks along Kensington Road in Bloomfield Township.
A recent thunderstorm that rolled through our area left in its wake a yellow light that washed over the landscape.
The resulting photos produced some odd looking results, none of which have been manipulated in any way.
Heuchera bathed in yellow light completely changes the appearance of the plant.
The season's first dusting of snow covers the CN railroad tracks along Kensington Road in Bloomfield Township.
A recent thunderstorm that rolled through our area left in its wake a yellow light that washed over the landscape.
The resulting photos produced some odd looking results, none of which have been manipulated in any way.
Heuchera bathed in yellow light completely changes the appearance of the plant.
When you choose bulbs in person at the local garden center, you have a significant advantage: you have direct control over quality.
Make the most of it.
Pretend you're at a grocery store choosing vegetables, because that's what bulbs are-root crops.
You would think twice about buying a mushy potato, rubbery carrot or shriveled onion.
Be just as choosy with bulbs.
Select for firmness and even color.
Check for soft spots that may be on their way to rotting, and reject bare-root ephemerals like foxtail lily (Eremurus) if they have broken roots.
Make the most of it.
Pretend you're at a grocery store choosing vegetables, because that's what bulbs are-root crops.
You would think twice about buying a mushy potato, rubbery carrot or shriveled onion.
Be just as choosy with bulbs.
Select for firmness and even color.
Check for soft spots that may be on their way to rotting, and reject bare-root ephemerals like foxtail lily (Eremurus) if they have broken roots.
To read the entire article, pick up a copy of Michigan Gardener or check out our digital edition.
When picturing sunflowers, what do you see? Bob Koenders, owner of the Backyard Bouquet Farm, sees a field of amazing sunflowers, maybe not all yellow, with their heads held high following the path of the sun.
Koenders started experimenting with sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) about 20 years ago.
He chose sunflowers as his number one summer crop (the spring is alliums and fall is pumpkins) for several reasons.
When picturing sunflowers, what do you see? Bob Koenders, owner of the Backyard Bouquet Farm, sees a field of amazing sunflowers, maybe not all yellow, with their heads held high following the path of the sun.
Koenders started experimenting with sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) about 20 years ago.
He chose sunflowers as his number one summer crop (the spring is alliums and fall is pumpkins) for several reasons.
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