Category Archives: Blog
How to Prune Hybrid Tea Roses in the Delaware Valley, PA
Hybrid Tea rose spring pruning is necessary to keep them healthy and blooming abundantly year after year. Step 1: Timing – The best time to prune Hybrid Tea roses in the Delaware Valley is in early spring, typically around March when the worst of winter has passed but before new growth emerges. Step 2: Tools […]
Gardener’s Calendar
Click the headline above to find helpful tips for this gardening season!
Trackable Tools
It’s the beginning of a new gardening season. Hopefully you took out last year’s journal in January or February and reviewed your notes. Now is the time to begin implementing some of those great ideas.
Mowing. Do It Right
If you have a lawn then you need to mow. If you need to mow then you may as well do it right. Here are the basics...
Tomatoes and Peppers – A Gardening Tradition
Tomatoes and peppers are two crops you can never have too much of. They freeze well without the difficulty of blanching, and although the texture of tomatoes disintegrates, the flavor remains good. Both tomatoes and peppers offer brilliantly colored fruit that can be particularly attractive in the garden or in containers. Both have the same […]
Bringing Butterflies to the Backyard
In spring, female butterflies will be mostly concerned with finding their species’ specific host plants on which to lay fertilized eggs. Instinctively, they know they must find plants to ensure that their caterpillars will have appropriate food for survival after hatching. Both male and female butterflies will be looking for flowers with nectar for their own survival.