Cape Fear Gardener

This spring has been a nice growing season for a lot of plants, but with summer beginning tonight, it's past time to get moving on your summer annuals.

The Cape Fear Gardener says it's not too late, though.

With the price of everything going up and a recent recall of tomatoes, growing food in your garden looks like a good idea.

The Cape Fear Gardener checks out a home garden to show how you can grow food without biting off more than you can chew.

When you think of a garden, you probably think of flowers blooming in bright sunshine, but the Cape Fear Gardener says there are plants that will thrive in the shady sections of your landscape.

The city of Wilmington recently lifted its water restrictions, and rainfall this year is finally close to normal, but the Cape Fear Gardener says we should still try to conserve as we water our lawns.

We're finally starting to get some regular rain this spring, but our long drought is still having effects.

The lack of rain and watering restrictions certainly hurt a lot of lawns, but the Cape Fear Gardener says all is not lost.

Now that it's spring flowers are coming alive in gardens everywhere. The azalea blooms have come and gone, and now it's time for roses to show their stuff. The Cape Fear Gardener says there's some work to do to make sure the roses are ready to go.

The weather should be nice and warm this weekend, but earlier this week, it didn't feel much like spring. That had a lot of people wondering how the cold would affect their spring plants. We went to the Cape Fear gardener for answers.

With spring now less than a week away, it's time to get back outdoors and get your garden back in shape.

After a visit and some advice from the Cape Fear Gardener last fall Steve and Tammy Rondinaro had a large sweet gum tree cut down in their yard. Now it needs replacing.

All month long the Cape Fear Gardener has been helping us look ahead to the year 2020 by discussing the natural issues that will affect our region. Today he looks at the importance of water by looking at how one local creek has dealt with different kinds of pollution for decades and what you can do to help fix it.

As we continue to look to the future of our area, the Cape Fear Gardener explores some of the natural issues we face. He takes a look at how important trees are as our area grows and develops.

As we continue to look ahead to the year 2020 along the Cape Fear coast, we must also think about the way nature is affected by growth and development. So we asked the Cape Fear Gardener for his take. He begins with some lessons about recycling.

Last week the Cape Fear gardener began talking about bringing nature closer to your home by using bird feeders. But that can also draw squirrels to your garden. So Airlie Gardens director Jim Daniel says if you can't beat them, join them.

Last week the Cape Fear gardener took a look at how the cold affected fall-blooming camellias -- or camellia sasanqua. This week he looks at the spring-blooming variety: camellia japonica, which blooms throughout the winter in our area.