Let’s Get Gardening! While I am sorry to see the end of the tomatoes, peppers, beans, zucchini, and cucumbers from my garden this year, I am not sorry to see the extreme heat and lack of rain come to an end. I would like to see some real fall for a little while, though – temperatures in the low 70’s …
Let’s Keep Gardening! September is one of my favorite months – I love the cooler temperatures, but there’s still lots of daylight and sunshine to enjoy time in my gardens! It’s also a time when there is lots to do in the gardens, so it’s a good thing the days are still a little longer. Jennifer In this month’s issue …
Let’s Enjoy the Beauty! My gardens have been absolutely teeming with all kinds of beautiful creatures lately. I have seen so many different varieties of dragonflies, bees, butterflies, moths, and caterpillars on a daily basis – not to mention the many frogs and toads hopping around! It’s just so much fun to realize how many critters call my gardens home, …
Let’s Get Watering! So, the weather people have a new one for us – we are apparently in an “Omega Blocking Pattern.” Ok – it’s probably not really new. They have likely called it this for a long time, but I can’t say that I’ve ever heard the term. So, I had to go look it up. According to weather.gov, …
Let’s Get Gardening! Every time I think I have seen it all with regard to Michigan weather, I am proven wrong. We all know that the weather in Michigan can be… choose your adjective – changeable? unpredictable? frustrating? interesting? challenging? – whatever word you use to describe it under normal circumstances, I have to say that last month pretty much …
Let’s Get Gardening! I cannot begin to express my gratitude to the people who have reached out in support of us over the last six weeks. I can only – very humbly – say, “Thank you, from the very bottom of my heart!” Your purchases of gift certificates and items from our website and over the phone have kept us …
We’ll be Back I’ve been seeing lots of articles in the news and on social media lately about gardening and its benefits – some of the headlines I’ve seen include: “For Stay-at-Home Stress Relief, San Antonians Turn to Gardening” “Gardening self-care: Vegetables you can plant right now (indoors and out) during the coronavirus” “4 GARDENING ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO — …
Spring is Coming! This is the time of year when I generally try to give everyone some hope for spring by telling you how much more sunshine we are going to have by the end of the month. It’s also to help me remember that the dark mornings are coming to an end, and there will be more time to …