As we decorate our homes for the holidays, we often use Poinsettia plants as part of our holiday décor. Once only available in red, today poinsettias are available in shades of red, pink, white, fuchsia, or with variegated bracts and leaves. Today I spotted purple and blue at a local nursery; as well as some… Read More

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January/February Gardening Tips: Ok, so where is our snow? While some of us are happy about the lack of the white stuff to shovel and to navigate through while driving to work, the lack of any lasting snow cover on the garden and our yards is not conducive to a healthy lawn and garden in… Read More

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It has been a crazy spring so far with summer-like temperatures the first week of spring followed by more seasonable temperatures – and back down to freezing at night. Unfortunately some spring blooming trees were tricked into blooming almost a month a head of time; and their flowers were damaged by the hard frost. The… Read More

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The month of May continues to be a busy time in the garden. Early in the month is an ideal time to apply a well-balanced organic fertilizer to all your perennial beds. I have used a product called Plant-Tone the past few years with much success. I think it gives established plants a good nutritional… Read More

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September Gardening Tips: As the growing season winds down and many or our annuals have been battered and beaten up by the record 7 inches of rainfall the last two weeks, it is the ideal time to freshen up the garden beds with chrysanthemums. Available is many colors from bright yellow to deep burgundy, hardy mums are a… Read More

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Fall Gardening Tips: October’s gardening chores have been delayed a little this year – no killing frost yet and some of the perennials are still in full bloom. Clean-up: Take a good look at your garden beds and dig out plants not doing well or from overcrowded areas. Chop the rest back to within a… Read More

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