by Nicole Forbes | Sep 29, 2021 | Fall Gardening, Spring Gardening, Summer Gardening, Winter Gardening
The single most valuable investment in your home landscape is soil improvement—healthy soil means healthy, productive, beautiful plants! Soil that is healthy is loose, nutritious (and thereby, fertile), well-drained, and has the ability to retain needed moisture and...
by Nicole Forbes | Sep 2, 2021 | Fall Gardening, Summer Gardening
Grass Care & Maintenance Winter dormant grasses turn a straw color in winter, but remain intact and above ground, providing winter interest and movement to the garden. They can be cut back in late fall or left up through winter to be cut back in early spring just...
by Nicole Forbes | Aug 31, 2021 | Fall Gardening, Summer Gardening
For Fresh Color It’s almost time to plant spring flowering bulbs! A wide selection of daffodils, tulips, and crocus will reward you with early spring color. Be sure to use G&B Soil Building Conditioner and bone meal or bulb food at planting time. Bulbs also make...
by Nicole Forbes | Aug 1, 2021 | Summer Gardening
There is still a lot of summer left to enjoy! For Fresh Color If flower pots and hanging baskets from earlier in the season look haggard or have dried out, replace them with fresh, colorful zinnias, dahlias, and coleus. There are still plenty of blooming annuals to...
by Nicole Forbes | Jul 20, 2021 | Landscaping, Summer Gardening
Successful Water-Wise Gardening Many drought-tolerant plants have adapted to dry conditions by growing vast, far-reaching root systems that seek out water deep below the soil’s surface. Getting new plantings off to a good start and providing deep watering until roots...
by Nicole Forbes | Jul 6, 2021 | Summer Gardening
That summer heat really snuck up on us this year, and it’s more intense than it has ever been before in the Pacific Northwest! So, chances are, you’ve spent a lot of time watching and watering your garden for heat-related stress during these last few...
