
Bob’s Blog

Summer Rose Care
While roses require more care and maintenance than many annuals and perennials, the results can be strikingly beautiful. With these tips you can give your roses the care they need to flourish even in the heat of the summer.

Zinnia Care
Zinnias are one of the easiest annuals to grow, grow quickly, and bloom heavily. They make a massive burst of color in your garden.
Be Safe and Beat The Heat
It's been HOT outside the last few days. We're getting into the time of the year where the heat can feel oppressive on especially warm days. Don't underestimate the danger a hot day can create.

Rainy Day Gardening
If you haven’t noticed, it has been a bit wet and cold outside recently. Ranging from drizzle to torrential downpours, April has been a wet month. This has left many gardens looking more like rice paddies. Let’s take a look at what we can do around the garden when the heavens open.

Seed Shopping Tips
FINALLY! It’s time to get out in the garden and start planting early crops. For weeks now we have been watching the weather forecast with disgust. Kinda warm one day, and then winter’s wrath the next! During this time I’ve done what any gardener does – shop for seeds!

Keep a Garden Journal
One of my most indispensable tools in the garden isn’t a hoe, shovel, or tiller … it is a book. To be specific, I use a couple of books. I have a day planner that I use to plan out my daily tasks, and I have a notebook that I use for bigger projects. (I’m writing this draft in it right now.) This time of the year gardening starts to occupy more space in my notes.