George Weigel, Pennsylvania Certified Horticulturist and garden designer, is a great resource for gardeners located in the central Pennsylvania area. George is well known in the Harrisburg area for his Over the Garden Fence columns that appear in the Patriot News daily newspaper.
Since garden advice varies greatly by zone, success depends on receiving the right information for a particular area. And, central Pennsylvania gardeners will be delighted with the advice and tips that George shares in his witty and humorous articles.
He is a wealth of information, and when I chatted online with him recently he agreed to share some information we may not know about him (you‘ll find more on his Web site).
Q – What person or event brought you to gardening?
A – My mom and dad always had a garden, but when I got my first house, I grew my very own first tomato plant. It got the biggest, tastiest fruits…and they were all free for the taking. It seemed like a scam that was too good to be true.
Q – What was the first plant you grew? A – I started with that single tomato plant, then moved onto all sorts of vegetables and finally graduated into ornamentals and, really anything with chlorophyll.
Q – How long have you been gardening in central PA? A – More than 30 years.
Q – Describe your gardening style? A – I’m not militaristically “organic,” but I try to work with Mother Nature as much as possible. I especially believe in being kind to the soil and spending time getting superior plants in the right spots. That seems to head off most trouble (except for the dang groundhogs), is actually less work in the long run and makes gardening more fun (which should be a main attribute of gardening in the first place).
Three of his articles – South-central Pennsylvania Native Plants, Guy Gardening and State of our Landscape Address have been included in our Pennsylvania regional gardening directory…many more can be found on his site.
If you live in central Pennsylvania…and even if you don’t…Take a few minutes to visit George’s Web site for timely tips, plant profiles, articles, his favorites and much more.
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