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When you
purchase a copy of my book, 50% of the the royalties are sent
directly to The Nature Conservancy; Florida Chapter. This
may not amount to millions of dollars, but it is symbolic of how
small actions can really make a big difference.
Buy
a copy today
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Gil Nelson's "Best Native Plants for Southern Gardens" is filled to the brim with important information on native plants and is a must for any serious gardener in the southeastern region of the country.
Order
your own copy
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<< The
Everglades, River of Grass
should be required reading for
anyone with any interest in Florida's history or
environment.
Order
your
copy today!
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Gil Nelson's Best Native Plants book provides
details of 200 readily available native plants including their
best growing conditions, projected sizes, and good companion
plants. You'll be surprised how much you'll rely on this
book as you make your landscape more sustainable.
Order
your own copy
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The Lawn Reform Coalition
was formed to provide people with many sustainable landscape
ideas.
Its website www.lawnreform.org
has photos, articles and links to other information.
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Posts to Ginny's Garden
Log
 Postings
from 8/1/11 to 5/27/12: Topics
on this page include: Memorial Day, timberdoodle,
cover photo, tortoise,
armadillo, Blog Action Day,
horsemint, gardenfest,
squash flowers, slow
big daddies, equinox, butterflyweed,
fall crops, squash vines,
lawn alternative, garden calendar,
poisons, cucumber volunteers.
Postings
from 1/19/11 to 8/27/11: topics on this page include: leaffooted bugs,
day lily, 4th of July,
summer harvest, hyacinth beans,
dinner, asters,
rain barrel debate, beautiful edibles,
fnps conference, winged elm,
trench composting, more on crop timing,
unseasonable, Australian pines,
weird roots.
Postings
from 9/22/10 to 1/17/11: topics on this page include: lawn
reform, frost on broccoli,
Happy New Year!, solstice,
woodcock, honored,
Torreya field trip, green
gifts, cool season salad, win book,
Scott, empty rain barrels,
JCA teens, mangroves,
H2O Blog Action Day, Florida friendly,
provenance, feedback.
Postings
from 7/2/10 to 9/20/10: topics on this page include: wildflower symposium.
garden event roundup, butterfly farm,
tree topping, grasses 2,
invasives, elm roots,
last event, urbfarm
& vegetables, Florida's natives,
CSA story, win book,
hibiscus, grafted tomatoes,
grass science, book status,
lawn reform newsletter, cucumbers.
Postings from 4/01/10 to
6/28/10: topics
on this page include: rain lily rescue,
TAPP, green awards,
calla lilies, workshops,
blueberries & roses, dill &
caterpillars, hurricane-scaping,
garden professors, company gardens,
vertical gardens?, carrot soup,
marigolds &
nematodes, climate-friendly
gardener, plant hunter, backyard habitats,
orchid controversy, bugs,
Earth
Day, greens, tree-mendous,
spring.
Postings from 11/02/09 to
3/29/2010: topics
on this page include: USA Today!,
turnips & news, FL natives,
queen palms, composting,
HGTV, appearances,
frigid, resolution garden,
Christmas, citrus greening,
Green Gators, Thanksgiving,
wildflowers, groundwater,
lawn film.
Postings from 5/21/09 to 10/19/09:
topics
on this page include: goldenrods, sago sex,
lawn contest, Vero Beach,
meet me at the library, lawn reform,
compost, Florida-friendly
law, trees & shrubs,
community gardens, water,
library book, bug-sprayer,
save water & seeds.
Postings from 7/22/09 to 4/02/09: topics
on this page include: tuberose,
public gardens, torch
me! plants, Independence Day!, fledgling birds, rain gardening
book review, too much rain, seeds,
more fruit, fruit sharing,
peace lilies, recipe gardens,
bugs, book!,
potatoes, common names,
Seasonal, Earth Day,
sustainable gardens.
Postings from 1/28/09 to
3/31/09: topics
on this page include: 3 more rain barrels,
swallow-tailed
kites, pruning guide, white house vegetable garden,
St. Patrick's Day, a Day of Gardening,
changeover in vegetables, new water regs,
sustainable farm, Citizen
scientists? Florida blueberries,
spring events, green government,
money garden, Valentine,
stinkhorns, Brrr!,
habitat.
Postings from 11/5/08 to 1/27/09:
topics include: turnips, longleaf pines, turf wars,
Happy New Year!, answers, end of year,
Christmas, wreath, winter butterfly
gardens, mycorrhizae, basil harvest, magnolia
Christmas tree, large rain garden, nematodes,
eat the view, arboretum's opening,
predator, diversity.
Postings from 9/2/08 to 11/3/08:
topics include: compost, red bays,
arboretum, brown lawn, environmental gardening,
grow your own
food, Farmer-in-Chief, bird-friendly,
fence opening, peppers,
rainscaping, sustainability,
edible flowers, fall gardens,
viceroy, N & C footprints.
Postings from 5/3/08 to 8/25/08:
topics include expanded rain garden,
Fay, rain gauge,
Garden
Rant, butterfly haven, rain garden,
mystery, US Sugar,
errors, summer solstice,
grow more food, back meadow,
coral
honeysuckle, swallowtails, microclimates,
Mothers' Day, 5 wrens.
Postings from 1/6/08 - 4/27/08:
topics include zucchinis,
blue-eyed grass, grasshoppers,
bolting lettuce, bird-friendly,
irrigation, great sunflower,
pot bound, spring,
woodpeckers, carrots,
moth, yellow mulch,
warm day, JAX arboretum,
NOAA's predictions, edges.
Postings from 9/16/07 to 1/1/08:
topics include new year salad, end of year,
poinsettias, say no to poisons,
Lucia
Robson, palmettos, purselane,
podcast links, beggarticks,
peppers, hornworms.
Postings from 1/12/07 to 8/15/07:
topics include jewels, podcast links,
onions, first draft,
wildflowers, SW trip,
compost, myths web page,
spring, herbs,
podcasts, wedelia,
yellow jackets.
Postings from 8/12/06 to 1/10/07:
topics include 2007 plans, Poem, Tropical Home,
Mantis, Fall roundup,
Purple meadows, Gardenfest,
Gil Nelson, Good
& Evil, North, Sunflowers.
Postings from 12/21/05
to 7/11/06: topics include Meadow Management,
Tomatoes, Pond,
Monocots, Garden
Detective, Reducing lawn, Backyard Habitat,
Water Hyacinths, Lawn dispute.
Postings from 7/10/05 to
12/8/05 :topics include Fall/Winter,
Mulch, Basil/Pesto,
Stinkhorns, Hornworms,
Wrens,
Catbriars, Scarlet
Snake, Sagos, Containers.
Postings from 3/19/05 to 6/28/05: topics
include Magnolias, Prickly
Pears, Turtles, Botanicals,
Ferns, Rain
Gardens, & Rain Barrels
The Meadow page:
a tour of Ginny's meadows: the flora & fauna. Plus information on more natural meadow management.
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