Tisa WattsFeb 33 minPrune That Troublesome Limb Out of Your Tree!How to prune a branch off a tree correctly.
Tisa WattsMay 15, 20202 minTurning Turf Into Veggies and Native Plants!How to Turn Old Lawn Into a New Garden This garden belongs to Joanne S. Dole, an experienced organic gardener who teaches at the Columbus...
Tisa WattsApr 22, 20201 minEssential Tools & Materials for New GardenersNEW GARDENER Buy/Share/Rent LIST OF ESSENTIAL TOOLS & MATERIALS * starred items are the ONLY essential tools you need to get started! *...
Tisa WattsApr 17, 20203 minBuild a (Vegetable) BedStart building your vegetable bed NOW! Building a great vegetable garden begins with the initial idea to DO IT. In fact, you can grow...
Tisa WattsApr 3, 20202 minGet Outside While the Getting Is Good! April 3, 2020 Just when you think winter in Ohio will NEVER end, along comes a day like today. Sunny, warm, and just dry enough to turn...
Tisa WattsMar 30, 20202 minSEEKING SEEDS & SEEDLINGS! Seeds and veggie transplants have been difficult to obtain in some areas this spring. Here are ideas to help you get your garden started ...
Tisa WattsMar 16, 20203 minPerform or perish / An Oakland gardener prefers tough love to spoiling her plantsWritten by Tisa Watts, this piece was originally publish January 25, 2006 in the San Francisco (CA) Chronicle. Recently my next-door...
Tisa WattsMar 16, 20203 minNative Bees, Honeybees, and Wasps – Oh My!Everyone knows the woes of honeybees these days, but do you know about our native bees? In North America, we are home to over 4000...
Tisa WattsMar 16, 20202 minWhy Not Compost?You know you want to. You know you should. But are you going to screw up and make a big stinky mess? Learning to compost discarded plant...
Tisa WattsJul 21, 20192 minState of the Prairie (July 2019)As many of you know (and may have seen), I’ve been hard at work building a prairie in our front yard. We’re blessed with a big suburban...
Tisa WattsMar 4, 20192 minNeonics, greenhouse plants, and pollinatorsI recently received a question about mail-order plants and the widespread use of insecticides commonly called “neonics” (neonicotinoids)...
Tisa WattsMar 4, 20191 minStumped by "stump pruning"This is a great example of what happens after a tree is “stump pruned.” For some reason (unresolved hostility, perhaps?), a...