Seeds respond to water, available or unavailable light, and temperature. When starting seeds indoors, the environment is the container and soil you sow them in. Making good choices for soil and containers will help you grow a strong plant, able to live a healthy and productive life.
What’s the Difference? Recently, there has been more in the media about organic seeds and GMO free seeds. What is the difference between the two and what should you look for when purchasing your seeds? We hope to clear that up a little bit…
As spring moves forward and the earth gets warmer we all start to crave our favorite bedding plants. Bedding plants are also referred to as Annuals. Annuals add a splash of color to any landscape. Their range of colors and varieties are endless and offer something for everyone. Whether it be Gerberas, Cosmos, Geraniums, Marigolds, […]
Aside from their decorative value, mulches offer many benefits to your soil and plants. Mulch reduces the amount of water lost through evaporation by shielding the soil from the sun’s drying rays. It keeps the soil cooler during the summer and acts as an insulator through the cold winter months lessening the effects of fluctuating […]
Choose Well To ensure attractive healthy annuals all season, choose full, well branched plants with good foliage color and – on flowering annuals – an abundance of buds. Don’t go for the biggest plants or most open blooms, these are more likely to be leggy and burned out too soon. If the latter is all […]
A Slice of Advice: The Best Tomatoes for your Garden After you select the types of tomatoes you like best, follow these easy tips to get the best from them: Know the line-up? Start the rotation. Like baseball, except this part: don’t plant tomatoes over and over in the same spot. It tends to promote […]