Okay, it's time to get off our collective duffs and plant a real vegetable garden this spring. Call it a Victory Garden, a ‘Yes, We Can’ Garden or a Recession Buster Garden… growing our own food will make our families and community more secure, able to weather any storms ahead.

January is a great month to appreciate our Lowcountry garden's 'quiet star.’ With all the overzealous green growth of summer now beaten back by frost, we finally have a chance to notice our little bewitching friend... the ivy.

     January means 'camellias' in the Lowcountry.