Starting Your Garden Seeds Indoors….

Posted by Linda on Jan 19, 2012 in From the Garden | 2 comments

I’m in hibernation mode with visions of seedlings dancing in my head. The fact that I start receiving all kinds of catalogs with gorgeous flowers and healthy vegetables only encourages me. Thus begins my planning for the coming seasons’ garden. I start to get itchy to have my hands in the dirt, so I begin getting my “fixins” together and...

Winter Rose Care

Posted by Linda on Nov 11, 2011 in From the Garden | 1 comment

Do you have questions about how best to protect your roses for the Winter? We suggest a few basic, easy to follow steps to help yours make it through the tough Winter months. Water well. A well hydrated plant can survive winter better than one that is dry and stressed. Put a couple of shovelfulls of compost over the crown of the rose plant. Give your rose...

Your Fall Garden-Part two

Posted by Linda on Oct 27, 2011 in From the Garden | 0 comments

Ready to head out into the garden? A pair of sharp hedge shears will make your work go quickly. Keep pruners handy for the tougher stems. Cut perennials back one to two inches above the ground, so you can still see where they are. Pull out spent annuals. This is a great time to get the weeds out- doing this chore now can save a lot of headaches in the...

Your Fall Garden, Part one

Posted by admin on Oct 7, 2011 in From the Garden | 0 comments

When you are ready to cut back your perennial garden this Fall, keep in mind that certain plants should be left alone until mid to late Spring, when the weather starts to get warm. It is fine to trim the spent flowers off of plants like Lavender, Russian Sage, Candytuft, and Santolina- but cutting into the woody stems could cause them to die back in...