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What’s in Your Soil?

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  • April 10, 2019
  • by Tori Clark
  • amendments, Fertilizer, soil,
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Soil is the foundation of all our plantings.  Without the right soil you are setting your plants up for less than success and adding more work for yourself down the road. Soil isn’t just dirt, it is alive filled with insects, worms and millions of other microorganisms all working and living together.  Here are three things
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When to Fertilize Trees and Shrubs?

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  • April 15, 2015
  • by Tori Clark
  • Fertilizer, shrub, tree,
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Many people are coming in with questions about fertilizing trees and shrubs right now.  Many shrubs are just starting to show signs of leaves or even flowers if you have forsythia or magnolias in your landscape.  Most plants have a big growth spurt in early spring and continue to grow more slowly during the summer months.
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Summer Garden Tips

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  • June 26, 2014
  • by Tori Clark
  • Annuals, Fertilizer, Flowers, weeds,
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Hard to believe it is almost the 4th of July already!  By now our gardens are growing like crazy, struggling under all the water or somewhere in between.  Today I have a few garden tips to keep your garden looking beautiful and producing lettuce, beans, tomatoes and all that good stuff too. Deadhead annuals or
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Understanding and Choosing Fertilizers

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  • May 27, 2014
  • by Tori Clark
  • Fertilizer, Flowers, Garden,
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Now that we have our beautiful annuals tucked into containers and gardens it is time to take care of them.  Even those plants you have taken home, but haven’t gotten around to planting yet, but just had to have.  All plants can benefit from being fertilized. Plants need food to grow and fertilizer is how
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Quick Tip: Container Gardening

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  • April 22, 2014
  • by Anne Matzek
  • Container Gardening, Fertilizer, Flowers, Quick Tips, Soil Moist, Soilless Soil,
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Learn how to use less soil in large flower pots or containers in this video! There are many other great tips to make container gardening EASY. Here are five that you may not have thought to consider: 1. Most flowers that are planted in pots or containers are heavy feeders. Mix in a slow-release fertilizer
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