Notes from the Nursery – Fall 2022
Sometimes great, unexpected things happen when you set off to do something. When I went off to study at Purdue, I was confident I would graduate with an engineering degree […]
Try these 5 tips for watering plants in your garden and home
Providing sufficient irrigation to help a plant navigate the re-establishment process can be a difficult and confusing process.
3 tips for planting flowers, vegetables and more this fall
One of the most common questions I receive is about the best time to plant this plant or that. And I always start my answer with the following comment…
How to fix those patches, pick the right grass seed and more fall lawn care tips
If we don’t want others looking down their collective nose at us we’re instructed to remove the lawn and plant for the bees…
Garden planning is difficult. There’s joy in winging it, too
When it comes to vegetable gardening… planning starts with reviewing the past season’s successes and failures.
When should I plant my fall vegetable garden? Right now. Here are 3 things to know
The gradual decline of the spring/summer vegetable plantings don’t have to mean the end of the food garden season.
Wilted plants? Try these 3 tips to keep your garden looking fresh in the summer heat
Come July, the heat bakes, the bugs bite, the rain disappears and the daily dance with the garden hose takes some of the joy out of the garden…
So, what is hardscape landscaping? Here are 3 hardscape ideas for your garden
It’s been said that you can have a very good garden consisting of all plants but you can’t have a great garden without hardscape, and I’d tend to agree.
How often should you water your tomatoes? Here are 5 tomato growing care tips
The “what’s wrong with my tomato” inquiry has got to occupy the top spot in the Universal Garden Question Hall of Fame.
Notes from the Nursery – Summer 2022
“The only thing that stays the same is everything changes.” This is a line from the song Time Marches On by Bobby Braddock. Any way you look at it, no […]