A Piece of Our Heart

The distinctive heart-shaped flowers of a Bleeding Heart plant, likely a species from the Dicentra genus or Lamprocapnos spectabilis, which is commonly known as Old-Fashioned Bleeding Heart.

by Joanne Shaw   A piece of our heart is in all our gardens.     Note: This is a quote from my friend and fellow podcaster, Joanne Shaw, who said this one year ago. Today’s Garden words were featured on the podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of…

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June 17, 2019 Reusing Potting Soil, Edwin Hunt, James Weldon Johnson, Alexander Braun, Nellie McClung, the University of Wisconsin’s Arboretum, Emily Dickinson, Joanne Shaw, The Plant Hunters by Carolyn Fry, Geranium Care, and Lajos Kossuth

The Daily Gardener Podcast Album Cover with a pot of rosemary - the herb for remembrance - beckoning gardeners to remember to listen to the show. Updated September 2025.

Do you change the oil in your window boxes and containers every spring? You really don’t need to – I don’t. Here’s what I do: I remove about a quarter to a third of the soil in my containers, and I put it in my potting soil bin. Then, I add a little perlite and…

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