Bob’s Blog
Growing a Meadow Garden
Picture the countryside in a Victorian drama, an orchard in the 1700s, or … the Shire. Who wouldn’t want to take off their shoes and relax like a hobbit?
Choosing Plants That Fit
Shopping for plants can be a bit disorienting if you don’t have a definite plan of what you want to buy. There’s annuals and perennials, tons of colors, and hundred other options. Each year I come up with a color scheme for my landscape and work from there. The next thing I consider is the bed locations, container sizes, and the heights that would look best. There’s tons of other factors you can consider when planning. In this post I want to look at just the container size options we offer, and the applications they are best suited for in your garden.
Learning from Plant Astronauts and Ancient Farmers
“That’s one small sprout for plant, one giant leaf for plantkind.”
Indoor Aquatic Plants
One of the most common problems I see when it comes to growing plants indoors is overwatering. What if there was a way to eliminate this problem entirely? Aquatic plants are impossible to overwater because they grow in water!
Growing Onions from Sets
Onions are a cold-season crop, easy to grow because of their hardiness. I like using onion sets, which can be planted without worry of frost damage and have a higher success rate than direct seed or transplants. Here are some tips to help you get the most out of your onion crop.
Change is Good
Change is good. If you visit our site often, you might’ve noticed a big change. The previous version of the website had been up since 2016, and work started on it a year earlier. Most of us don’t have cell phones that old!