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Why Is My Bulb Not Blooming Like It’s Supposed To? by Brent Heath, Co-Owner, Brent & Becky’s   After a fantastic trip to Chicago—where I met 350 new people, collected 200 hugs, and made a whole lot of new friends—I’m glad to be back home in one of the best places in the world: Tidewater, Virginia. But, being away for 10 days means there’s lots of catching up to do in the garden and in the shop, too. At this time of year, it seems our people are always wondering why something isn’t blooming or isn’t blooming like it’s supposed...

  Mulching might not be as fun or colorful of a topic as our favorite bulbs and blooms, but it’s an important tool to make sure that our gardens are looking their best, full of healthy plants and bulbs that are given their ideal conditions to shine! Mulching has tons of advantages and is as simple as sprinkling a layer of protective material on the ground around your plants, masking the soil. The benefits are far more complicated and involved, and for all of the work involved, mulching is more than worth its weight to your garden and plants -...