Time to Trim Those Plants
Summer’s blasts of heat can make even the hardiest of shrubs look brown, tired, and just plain ugly. Now is the time to give your
Gardening Tips
Gardening Tips to Help Keep Your Garden at its Best!
Helping Roses Re-Bloom
Many gardeners give up on their roses in the summer, believing they produce quality flowers only in the spring. Rose blossoms do tend to be
August Gardening
Watering, weeding, and deadheading (and harvesting, if you are growing vegetables and herbs) head the list of projects for this month. Watering-Watering may be the
Avoiding Accidents in the Garden
Gardening can be a tremendously enjoyable and rewarding activity. But it can also be the source of accidents, many of which can be preventable. Most
Have a Scented Summer!
Summer is almost here… The days are getting longer and life will be moving outdoors. Now is the time to plant scented shrubs and vines
A Mailbox Garden
The idea behind a mailbox garden is to bring eye-catching color to the base of your mailbox, lamp post, or bird house pole. If planned
Organic Gardening and Roses
To those of you who are new to the more organic way of gardening, here are a few tips: Monitoring — that means catching problems
April Flowers…and Other Things
Planting Bedding plants/annuals are now available to replace any cool-season annuals that are just about done. Zinnia, ageratum, coleus, dahlia, marigold, nicotiana, phlox, petunia, salvia
Building a Better Garden
Spring is the time to fertilize your permanent plantings. Most ornamental trees, bushes, lawns and ground covers will respond well to fertilizer right now. In
Garden Planning-The Power of Purple
Considering redoing the landscape a bit? Find the old one a bit boring? Perhaps it’s time to add the power of purple to your landscape.