Brent & Becky's Blog

We’re lucky to live in a more southern climate where Winter weather is still months away. Some of you might be looking ahead to the approach of Fall and Winter, and your Summer is slowly disappearing behind you. To get your garden ready for the impending cooler weather, follow this checklist to ensure everything is in order.

Seeds are at the very core of our gardens. They surround us daily and are the source of life in nature and our own gardens. Most gardeners work with seeds every new growing season, but so many of us don’t take a lot of time to think about how they work. It’s time to look a little deeper into this important player in our gardens.

Spring can be a challenging time for our patience as gardeners. On one hand, it’s the time of rebirth, when all the snow and cold weather melt away to spring sunshine and warmth. But it’s also the stretch of time where things look brownest and most desolate before new Spring shoots start to show, and certainly weeks before we can think about planting in the cold ground. Our gardens need their time to wake up from their Winter slumber but we can have a hard time waiting as our yards melt to reveal bare dirt and puddles.

Daffodils (Spring Narcissus) By: Brent and Becky A Flower by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet: The Down-and-Dirty Basics: Matchmaker: Picking the Varieties for You Expert Advice Troubleshooting Greek mythology tells the story of the hunter Narcissus, whose beauty was only outmatched by his vanity. Narcissus was completely infatuated with himself until he fell in love with his reflection. He was so fascinated by his beautiful reflection, that he wasted away staring at it until he died. The myth then says that the gods turned him into a narcissus flower. These flowers do more than living up to their...

Many of us are a little fearful and weary of that shady spot in the yard. It’s the bane of some of our gardens, and an irritating empty space that can feel plain tricky to fill. We’re not sure where this notion of the impossible shady spot comes from, though. There’s actually a wide variety of plants that not only tolerate the shade, but will thrive in the more sheltered and cool conditions it offers! We have a few of our favorites that we’re excited to share with you and your garden: