Mother’s Day is the day to treat your mom like the queen she is (you should be doing this EVERY day though) and shower her in gifts with love. One of the most popular items to give your mom is fresh flowers, both cut and...
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If you live in a place where most epiphytic or lithophytic orchids are not supposed to grow, and you grow them anyhow, and you bring them out for the sunshine, humidity, and regular rainfall each summer; then you know the pain when it’s time for...
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Now is a great time for planting! This fall, reduce watering, promote rooting, and boost soil microbiology with NutriRoot and ArborChar. What is NutriRoot? NutriRoot 2-2-3 Liquid Soil Applied Fertilizer is a unique blend of nutrients, seaweed extract, humic acid, surfactants, and humectants designed to accelerate root...
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Only a few weeks until the first day of autumn!
In zone 6 here in the northeast, our first frost will likely arrive October 15th or later. We still have time in the growing season to plant some cool weather vegetable crops. We experienced a long, cool spring this year so I still have some cool weather crops in my raised beds. Spinach was the first spring crop to bolt. After several good spinach harvests, I pulled out bolted plants to make way for beets, Swiss chard, peppers and flowers. We all ate tons of delicious chard, beets and beets greens. The flowers were beautiful this year – blue and pink bachelor’s buttons next to deep orange calendula look spectacular!
As you may know, perennials are plants which flower every year, fairly consistently. Perennials regrow from their root stock each year, usually emerging in the spring. They complete their growing cycle in one season, followed by a period of dormancy. They can add a real...
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One of my favorite garden blogs, Gardenista, has an interesting post today: ‘Landscaping Ideas: 10 Luxuries Worth the Splurge.’ Among the many cool ideas, writer Michelle Slatalla mentions the importance of quality work and craftsmanship. Most interesting to me is the mention of proper preparation...
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Spring Pruning in Your Garden Landscape It might be too early to plant in your garden but there is activity going on out there! While looking around your garden for the first signs of snowdrops, crocus and daffodils be sure to look at your trees and...
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