Should I add fertilizer to my trees and shrubs? 5 things to know about garden fertilizers
That’s right, folks. We’re in the land and time of overdoing pretty much everything. Don’t believe me?
Planning to replace some plants? Here are 6 tips for replacing plants in your garden
For a change this week, we’re not going to talk about plants killed by the polar blast…
Protected: My Old Friend the Garden
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These 6 plants signal that yes, spring is already here in Kentucky

Winter, schminter . . . I know we were punched in the nose with the Christmas blast from the North, but as far as I’m concerned, it’ Spring!
Notes from the Nursery – Winter 2023

I haven’t known life without greenhouses since nearly back in the 1900s! I’m going to start using phrases like that as I get older and more gray hairs start showing […]
How to save evergreens, holly, Nandina and cherry laurel plants after a cold snap
When Santa Claus opened the front door to the North Pole, he unleashed a slug of unconscionably cold air…
Tips on how to save your plants after an extreme cold snap
And so it was that Christmas week 2022 threw us all a horticultural and meteorological curve ball . . .
Here are 3 New Year’s resolutions to make if you want to be a better gardener, plant mom
What I offer today and in this season of Resolutions is a garden-based remedy for daily stresses… Give these a try and see if they don’t just do the trick…
T’was the night before Christmas’: A holiday poem for the garden lover
T’was the Night Before Christmas…The mice, it would seem, with the moles and the voles, Were out in the yard, making holes after holes.
There’s a reason we sing about it. Why the real symbol of Christmas should be a holly tree
What’s the biggest décor item connected to Christmas – the one that snickers knowingly as it looks down its nose on all the other holiday decoration items?