The question that has been most often asked in the garden center this week has been, “Can I still plant? Isn’t it fall and that means its time for things to die and me to clean up my garden?” The answer to that question is, yes, fall is when your garden traditionally is put to […]

The spill at the Gold King Mine last week reminded me how fragile our trees and environment really are. It also reminded me of the importance of the plants and other living things that surround and live in that ecosystem. It’s no different in your yard. One of the best things you can do is […]

Liquid Sunshine is what has been falling over much of our area this spring. While we are so grateful for it, there have been days I’ve longed to see the sun shine for one entire day, uninterrupted by the daily shower. It’s turned our high, dry, desert southwest into an oasis. I was driving through […]

Here are some of our new favorites for 2015, but this isn’t all of them! Visit us throughout the season as more and more things arrive and begin to bloom. It’s going to be a great gardening year! More new Annuals you will love in 2015! Flash Mob Petunias- Easy to grow, great in baskets […]

Pollination in your garden is mandatory if you want great flowers and good vegetable yields, and most of us don’t think much about how this process happens. Pollen can be spread by birds going from flower to flower to feed as in the case of hummingbirds, by wind or by insects such as bees. There’s […]

For many gardeners the winter months can be challenging when they can’t get out and work in the yard. But… there are always houseplants to brighten up a winter weary world. The problem is that many times the houseplants aren’t looking their best and many homeowners don’t quite know what to do about that. The […]

Although cover crops have been used for years, many people aren’t familiar with them and yet they are so beneficial for our poor soils here. Basically, a cover crop is a crop such as buckwheat which is planted in your garden this time of year. It will grow on for a month or so, at […]

I hate the month of August. There are no holidays to celebrate. It’s the end of summer. And for many, it’s time to begin thinking about back to school, which, for parents is a celebration in itself, but for the kids, is a dreaded event! One thing that does brighten my summer days however, are […]

It’s one of my pet peeves. Many times people will come into the garden center and say that they are going to plant their cole crops, then ask for peas. While I understand that some people use the terms interchangeably, it isn’t exactly correct. And since it’s the time of the year to plant both, […]

The geese are in the backyard, I saw a robin today, and the crocus at Four Seasons in the front flowerbed are beginning to bloom. Spring can’t be far away, despite the abundance of snow still on the ground! Maybe it froze along the way somewhere? In any case, the pansies and violas in the […]