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Tip of the Week

Tweet Planting Gerbera Daisies.  I get a lot of how to questions but this is my favorite..  why don’t my gerbera daisies bloom when I transplant them to a larger container or into the ground.  This is a little secret … Continue reading

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Tip of the Week

Tweet Step By Step Guide to Repotting *Prepare plants by thoroughly watering a day or 2 ahead of time. *Select an area where you can make a mess and prepare the area with drop clothes or plastic. *Gently pull out … Continue reading

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Tip of the Week

Tweet Spring~ time to repot your houseplants Keeping plants healthy and growing seems like a big job.  A few easy steps can keep them thriving. Your plants may seem like they have not grown over the winter months.  This is … Continue reading

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Tip of the Week.

Tweet Fall Planters.  When the days get shorter, nights get cooler, and those summer planters start getting a little straggly it’s time to pull the petunias, geraniums and all the fun colorful plants that brought us so much delight all … Continue reading

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Should I Repot that Houseplant?

Tweet Spring is the perfect time of year to repot your houseplants, but first learn these tips to determine if they need to be rep0tted.  Some plants can go years without putting them in new soil and enlarging the pot. … Continue reading

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What’s Blooming?

Tweet Tulips This week’s featured flower is the tulip. What a joy it is to see this delightful flower appear in the garden each spring.  In order to do this you need to plant the bulbs in the fall of the … Continue reading

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Tip of the Week

Tweet     January Gardening January is the perfect time to begin thinking of this year’s garden, and what a better place to start than with seeds. Consider the following advantages to planting seeds. Numbers. There are many more plant varieties available … Continue reading

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Tip of the week

Tweet   Do you have Easter lilies that are beginning to droop? Don’t  throw them away.  When they are brown and the blooms have all expired cut them down to about 3 inches and plant in the garden.  They may not … Continue reading

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Tip of the Week

Tweet          BRINGING HOME A NEW PLANT When you bring a new plant home from the floral shop or nursery it will need to adjust to its new surroundings. It may even go through a mild case of shock. This may take … Continue reading

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Tip of the Week

Tweet Crushed egg shells add a small amount of calcium as well as phosporus, potassium and magnesium and sodium to your garden plants and containers. Crush 4-5 egg shells per plant into the potting mix or garden soil once a … Continue reading

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