KENTUCKY ARTICLE ARCHIVE
Below you will find our growing collection of Kentucky-specific articles. Enjoy!
BOONE COUNTY ARBORETUM
Inspiration inside a northern Kentucky park Story by Rodney Wilson Photos by Carla Wilson While publications such as this one do great work explaining the methods and manners of growing small plants in a controlled and beneficial manner, there’s much more to the botanical kingdom than just garden-variety flowers and plants. And with our very …
STREET APPEAL
Eye-catching landscaping features that pull you in from the road Story and Photos by Rebecca Stoner Kirts basilbecky.blogspot.com Have you ever been driving around and spied that house, the one that makes you want to go in and see more right from the street? It is not really what is up by the house, it …
RED HORSE-CHESTNUT
Story and Photos by Andrea Dee For the garden that has everything, and a little space to spare, this spring show stopper is a fun specialty selection. Red horse-chestnut tree is a cross between red buckeye (A. pavia) and horse-chestnut (A. hippocastanum). Flowering with pink to rose red conical clusters and exhibiting coarse, dark green …
HOT PEPPER HOW TO
Hot peppers thrive in Kentucky’s summer Story and Photos by Andrea Dee Some Like it Hot Some like it hot and some like it hotter! The odorless, oily compound called capsaicin in peppers is what gives them their “heat.” Capsaicin causes sensory neurons to make your body think it is experiencing excessive heat, similar to …
BITE-SIZED GOODNESS
Growing your own cherry tomatoes in Kentucky Story by Rodney Wilson There’s a lot to love about cherry tomatoes. For starters, the little orbs are ridiculously easy to grow, with one plant offering a seemingly endless harvest of bite-sized goodness. The fruit, which is in every way just a miniature version of the traditional vegetable, …
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