• Home
  • ABOUT
  • VIDEOS
  • Contact
  • SHOP

The Impatient Gardener

David Austin Alwick rose
Edibles, Friday Finds, Garden

Friday Finds: Catching up with the garden

July 6, 2018

It’s been a bit since we’ve had a Friday Finds here, because there’s been so much going on in the garden. But I thought I’d dedicate this Friday Finds to all kinds of catching up. … [Continue Reading]

by Erin @ The Impatient Gardener 
3 Comments
Raised bed vegetable garden
Edibles, Garden

Finally planting the vegetable garden for the first time

June 26, 2018

If you build it, they will come. Apparently this holds just as true for vegetable gardens as it does for magical baseball diamonds, because they’re coming. “They” would be the neighbors, who have taken a… [Continue Reading]

by Erin @ The Impatient Gardener 
18 Comments
stained garden beds
DIY, Edibles, Garden

Raised bed garden construction part 3: Staining and sealing

June 21, 2018

Here’s my philosophy on vegetable gardening: I’m more interested in growing interesting and delicious food than I am in getting very high yields or never having to deal with a bug. In other words, organic… [Continue Reading]

by Erin @ The Impatient Gardener 
25 Comments
laying out a vegetable garden
Edibles, Garden, Garden design

Raised bed garden construction part 1: The first steps

June 6, 2018

I think it’s safe to say I may have underestimated how time intensive the process of building the new raised bed vegetable garden would be. I can say this with some authority since we are now… [Continue Reading]

by Erin @ The Impatient Gardener 
14 Comments
Leveling for a new garden
DIY, Edibles, Garden, Garden design

My take on raised bed construction

May 15, 2018

The area for the new vegetable garden was finally started this week. Leveling has begun, a messy process that involves moving around a lot of dirt. The next step is building the raised beds and… [Continue Reading]

by Erin @ The Impatient Gardener 
7 Comments
Hylocomen japonica
Edibles, Friday Finds, Garden

Friday Finds (and a growing to-do list)

May 11, 2018

It’s raining out and I can feel the to-do list getting longer rather than shorter. Currently the list includes: Weeding. Shocker! It’s been alternating rain and sun, heat and damn near freezing here, which means… [Continue Reading]

by Erin @ The Impatient Gardener 
6 Comments
Edibles, Garden, Garden design

The new vegetable garden plan

March 21, 2018

The new vegetable garden—I’m calling it a parterre although I think that may be stretching the definition just a bit—has existed in my head for a few years and been knocked around on paper for… [Continue Reading]

by Erin @ The Impatient Gardener 
27 Comments
  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • Next Page »

About

The Impatient Gardener

Do you love gardening? Me too! I'm Erin and I garden in Southeastern Wisconsin, zone 5. The Impatient Gardener is all about real-life gardening: the good parts, the bad bits and even the funny stuff. It's part information, part inspiration and a little bit commiseration. Thanks for visiting.

Here's some more about me.

CONNECT

Winner

Garden Comm award

MY FAVORITE GEAR

https://www.amazon.com/shop/impatientgardener

Instagram

A glorious sunny start to the holiday week. I am taking the weekend off from work, so the gardening I do this weekend will be just for me. I’m looking forward to a bit of time with my audiobook (currently listening to Code Name Helene and I love it) and the soil, along with family time, rhubarb pie, sailing and more.
Did you know that you can semi-control the size of ornamental grasses in containers depending on how much water 💦 you give them? AD 

Give grasses like purple fountain grass a good amount of water and they’ll just keep on growing. If you limit water, they’ll stay smaller. If you want big, flowy grasses in your containers, consider using a drip irrigation system with a @rainpointirrigation timer so you never have to think about it. Check out my stories for info on the two types of timers I use. 

📷 by me, container design by @heydensgardens
The Impatient Gardener: Your stop for late-season daffodil content that you’re probably already sick of seeing. Also known as “Wait for me!”
European ginger is one of my favorite ground covers. I just love those shiny leaves.

Follow me

SEARCH

Popular posts

  • 2 ways to plant dahlias
  • No Mow May could backfire: Here’s why
  • HOW TO DEADHEAD DAHLIAS FOR BLOOMS ALL SEASON LONG
  • Plant to know: Geranium macrorrhizum

Find us on Facebook

Archives

  • ABOUT
  • TALK TO ME
  • TERMS & DISCLAIMERS
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • Home

STAY UPDATED

Copyright © 2022 · Prima Donna theme by Georgia Lou Studios

Copyright 2009-2021 ©The Impatient Gardener