This being my 6th gardening season, I have learned some tricks along the way. The following tip is one I use over and over. The Four O’Clock Seed Have you ever seen the seeds of a four o’clock? They look like a micro tiny shape of a dried lemon. Only it is a brown black. They […]
Timing Is Everything! I knew I was inheriting a Weigela. I just didn’t know when. The church I belong to decided to remove the bushes simply because of the maintenance issue. One of the shrubs is a weigela. Every spring I admire it and had placed it on my ‘wish list’. I was intending to buy […]
I have been waiting since Christmas to put these garden stakes out. They were a gift from my cousin Anna West. She knows how I love anything gardening. Meet The Vegetables! Meet The Tulips! Hope you enjoyed seeing them as much as I enjoy having these beautiful garden stakes in my garden!
If you follow me on Facebook you will know I am fond of the number nine.Today I want to give you 9 reasons I grow marigolds . 9 Reasons I Grow Marigolds Easy to grow Deter bugs Assists in keeping the mosquitoes under control Long lasting bloom Variety of colors from yellow to orange to red Save the […]
You have your eye on a large beautiful planter at the store. It would look so nice to the entrance to your home. Then if you are like me you think about how many bags of potting soil will you need to buy? Living With Fibromyalgia And Arthritis Before too long I have talked myself […]
Transplant shock in plants is almost unavoidable. Plants were not designed to be moved from place to place. When we do this to them, problems can arise. There are a few things to know about how to avoid transplant shock and cure plant transplant shock after it has occurred. Let’s look at them. 4 Things […]
Going to the greenhouse is like Christmas in May! I am usually one of the last of Bloomquist Greenhouse customers. I have been putting my vegetable garden in always around the last week in May. It helps that I stopped by a few weeks ago and Deloris Bloomquist took my order for flowers that I […]
Towards the end of this past week an aroma of lilac blooms permeated their fragrance throughout my yard. I have several lilac bushes of white and lavender on my property. Some of the lilacs were planted by my brother and sister-in-law when they lived here. I moved here in 1998. A few years later my […]
This is the fifth season I will be growing nasturtiums. The first few seasons I even had a hard time saying the name. It was comedy for my mom. Today I can easily say Nasturtium [na-stur-shuh m, nuh-]. I still have trouble spelling it at times. I think whomever decided to name some of these plants had […]