Enjoy a Live Tree Indoors for Christmas
You’ve decided to purchase a live tree that you can enjoy this Christmas and then outside for years to come. Click here for a printable version of this post. It’s a wonderful idea but there are some...
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Holiday Crafts
Make a boxwood tree Please watch Erin put together a Boxwood Tree in this Video! Here’s a tip-sheet the with Boxwood Tree supplies list and step-by-step instructions, too. Supplies Oasis foam- 1...
View ArticleSnowflakes- Winter Craft
Simple and elegant, snowflakes cut from white paper add seasonal charm all winter. Supplies: 8.5″ x 11″ blank white sheet of paper Pencil Scissors Ward’s Staff member Lucas shares his templates for...
View ArticleCut Christmas Tree Re-use and Recycling
Once your cut tree has completed its role as decoration, what will you do with it? Soil erosion barriers: Christmas trees make effective sand and soil erosion barriers, especially for lake and river...
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Terrariums
Make a Gift Terrarium A terrarium is a great way to introduce small hands to the joy of gardening. We have glass containers of all sizes but you could repurpose a large mason jar or pickle jar. This...
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Attracting Wild Birds to Your Garden
Birds, like flowers, have their seasons and growing preferences. They have evolved and adapted to particular environments and sometimes very specific ones. Providing native plants will most often...
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Seed Starting
Seed-starting saves you money on plants and expands your choices in flower, color, taste and size! Remember: Some seeds grow best when started directly in the garden. Just read the seed packet. And –...
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Garden Tool Breakdown
Long-time gardeners have favorite, must-have garden tools. Below we’ve provided a list of what tools belong in every gardeners’ tool bucket, the don’t-leave-the-patio-without-it – category. Don’t...
View ArticleBasic Care of New Plantings
Now that you’ve planted, what should you do to keep your plants alive? All plants benefit from the following garden practices. Consider each below and how it applies to your new plants. Make a plan...
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Frost Hardiness of Annual Flowers
In late April and early May, we are eager to get color in our landscape but we have many annual flowers in our greenhouses and a few outdoors ready for sale that should not be put out in the ground...
View ArticleWatering Details for New Landscape Plantings
It’s hot this last week of May – Be sure you water your new plantings thoroughly. In times of moderate drought, consider what you can do in your own landscape to conserve water. Here’s a link to a Fact...
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Late May Vegetable Planting Tips
What to Plant When – Or is it too late? Our common heavy snows in March, cold Aprils and suddenly mild Mays, make spring vegetable gardening a challenge of hurry up, wait and start again in the...
View ArticleManaging Slug Pests
Voracious and slimy, slugs can quickly turn fresh new foliage into shredded mush. Slugs thrive in damp, cool and dark environments. To get rid of them, you need to eliminate that environment or trap...
View ArticleTime for Lawn Care
Organic Lawn Strategies- August-September: A lawn is really thousands if not millions of individual plants. Now is the best time to improve your lawn! It may seem odd since you are beginning to think...
View ArticleAutumn Crocus
Flower form photo by Jim Robbins, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Popping up spring-like in September, the leafless Autumn Crocus (Colchicum autumnale) blooms in pink, white, purple and variations similar to crocus....
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Forcing Bulbs into Bloom
A Fun Experiment to Enjoy Spring Early Spring flowering bulbs usually need a rooting period of 12 to 15 weeks at temperatures between 41-48°F to produce a good root system. That’s essential to be...
View ArticleSpring Flowering Bulbs
Bulb Varieties & Planting Tips Ward’s offers many Spring-flowering bulbs for Fall planting. Bulbs bring early color before trees leaf out and the bulbs benefit from the dry soil as the tree starts...
View ArticleGarlic Planting
The Answer: Spring bulb that we eat. The Question: What is garlic? Pick up 2 to 4 to 10 bulbs of garlic. (Can you ever have too much?) You will break these apart into their individual cloves right...
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