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 […]
Note: May 12th Is Fibromyalgia Awareness Day. Maybe you cannot pronounce it, maybe you don’t understand it. Just know one thing. This is REAL and too many mostly women are living with it. It is called Fibromyalgia. I will also reveal the number one tool that has helped me the most in dealing with fibromyalgia but […]
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 […]
How many flowers have you planted in peoples yards to find out they are not going to water them? Of course I am speaking metaphorically. I ran across this quote from a Facebook friend. It is a great quote to live by. So many of us meet new people thinking they are like yourself and […]
Did the month of April go by fast for you? It sure did for me. Activities that have been keeping me busy are my Facebook Pages and groups, teaching myself the technical aspects of blogging, (I swear I was born in the wrong generation when it comes to technology.) and gearing up for the gardening season. […]