The Little Green Corner

The holidays are quickly becoming part of the past and 2025 is rapidly approaching!   While winter can seem dreary, cold, dark, and miserable (you're welcome for the visual), it can also be a time to dream and plan out your vision.  Whether you are working on creating, or rearranging a plant oasis within your home, planning a small container garden, or a large vegetable garden for the warmer months, now is the time to get started and put thoughts onto paper!!  The first thing to do is brainstorm—try your best to draw, sketch, or doodle out what you imagine for your final product.  One of the larger projects I'm working on is creating a raised-bed vegetable garden in the corner of my backyard.   So, my first step is to do a simple sketch of the layout of my backyard.  Sounds simple right?!  For the most part, it is, but there are a lot of details that need to be considered - but first things first.  Get that sketch down on paper! Think ab...

Hello!!!! My name is Catherine and I hail from the Great Green state of South Carolina, where I consider myself an extreme amateur Master Gardener.   I recently took and passed the Master Gardener program/exam through the Clemson University Extension Service and I get to help with educating others now! I am super excited to bring topics to the forefront that help others learn more about how to take care of our little (and big) plant friends! My main goal is to take any topic and simplify it for the average gardener (here I am! Raising my hand!).  I have a small army of houseplants I take care of, propagate and attempt to keep alive, and am working on creating some gardens on my property I will walk through on this blog.   For my next post I want to focus on "The Vision".  You, as a gardener, have an idea of what you want to do - whether it's a small veggie patch, a large orchard, a few containers on the balcony, and even bringing it inside - growing a windo...