GARDEN GUIDE
Our garden notes are here to help you feel more confident as the season unfolds.
You’ll find timely tips, simple explanations, and practical guidance based on what’s happening in the garden right now. Nothing overwhelming—just steady support you can come back to, season after season.
Lawn
Let's Talk Lawns and Shrubs
Hey Gardening Friends, Last week we talked about the importance of timing in the garden and landscape, specifically the benefits of getting certain types of plants in the ground earlier...
Let's Talk Lawns and Shrubs
Hey Gardening Friends, Last week we talked about the importance of timing in the garden and landscape, specifically the benefits of getting certain types of plants in the ground earlier...
Let's Talk Feeding Landscape Plants And Lawns
Hey Gardening Friends, Now that our soil has fully thawed out and temperatures continue to rise, outdoor landscape plants and lawns will quickly start to "wake up" after their...
Let's Talk Feeding Landscape Plants And Lawns
Hey Gardening Friends, Now that our soil has fully thawed out and temperatures continue to rise, outdoor landscape plants and lawns will quickly start to "wake up" after their...
Let’s Talk Protecting Your Evergreen Plants Fro...
Three late-blooming native perennials we’re focusing on here are members of the asteraceae—or aster—family. These are all native to a good part of North America, east of the Mississippi River,...
Let’s Talk Protecting Your Evergreen Plants From Deer Browsing
Three late-blooming native perennials we’re focusing on here are members of the asteraceae—or aster—family. These are all native to a good part of North America, east of the Mississippi River,...
Zones 6 & 7: What to Plant (and Not) in the Fall
Three late-blooming native perennials we’re focusing on here are members of the asteraceae—or aster—family. These are all native to a good part of North America, east of the Mississippi River,...
Zones 6 & 7: What to Plant (and Not) in the Fall
Three late-blooming native perennials we’re focusing on here are members of the asteraceae—or aster—family. These are all native to a good part of North America, east of the Mississippi River,...
Fall is the Time to (Organically) Feed Your Har...
Three late-blooming native perennials we’re focusing on here are members of the asteraceae—or aster—family. These are all native to a good part of North America, east of the Mississippi River,...
Fall is the Time to (Organically) Feed Your Hardy Landscape Plants
Three late-blooming native perennials we’re focusing on here are members of the asteraceae—or aster—family. These are all native to a good part of North America, east of the Mississippi River,...
Organic Spring Lawn Treatments: Recommendations...
Our Connecticut lawns are in need of spring treatments to ensure we have healthy turf for the rest of the growing season. Sean, our lawn and garden Guru, has three...
Organic Spring Lawn Treatments: Recommendations to Improve the Health of Your Lawn
Our Connecticut lawns are in need of spring treatments to ensure we have healthy turf for the rest of the growing season. Sean, our lawn and garden Guru, has three...
Hairy Bittercress: Identification & Natural Wee...
A member of the mustard family, Hairy Bittercress is usually the first weed to appear in the lawn in late winter and early spring. They spread quickly in the lawn,...
Hairy Bittercress: Identification & Natural Weed Treatment
A member of the mustard family, Hairy Bittercress is usually the first weed to appear in the lawn in late winter and early spring. They spread quickly in the lawn,...
You Don’t Have to Suppose When it Comes to a Rose
Give our modern roses a chance! Know the differences between English Roses, Shrub Roses, Drift Roses and Climbing Roses and how to care for them.
You Don’t Have to Suppose When it Comes to a Rose
Give our modern roses a chance! Know the differences between English Roses, Shrub Roses, Drift Roses and Climbing Roses and how to care for them.