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 Winter Hours Start Nov 1 Open 10-4, 7 days/week Closed Thanksgiving Day Another month has whizzed by, and we are heading into winter. Below freezing temps and frost has been greeting us the past couple of mornings, and we have brought in all the house plants

Every year at this time, I say we should be busier now than in spring. Why, you ask? It is because fall is the best time to plant trees, shrubs, hardy perennials, and, most of all, native plants. A native plant is a member of a balanced

Labor Day Weekend Hours: Sat and Sun 9-5, Mon 10-2 Customer Appreciation Weekend: Sept 16th and 17th, details to follow. There is a lot of talk about climate change, and the toll modern life is taking on species diversity. If you spend time outside, in nature, in

We have made it through the worst month for water use and usually the worst month for sun and heat stress on our plants and us. Even though we will probably have some more 100-degree-plus days, the sun will not be as strong, and the days are

Closed 4th of July My computer is not cooperating tonight. It just took me 50 minutes to get to a blank sheet of my Pages program. First, I sat down, and the computer had to reload. That takes forever on a good day, but it refused to

June is here, and the Summer Solstice is just 3 weeks away. I always find it a little hard to take that the days start getting shorter soon. However, on some of those scorching days we get, I can not wait for the sun to go down,

I don’t know about you, but this abundant sunshine with heat is taking its toll on me.  I will adjust with time, but for now, it feels too fast, too soon.  The good news is the ground is warming up, so we can plant our warm-season vegetables

I am looking out my computer room window at the local Western Redbuds in flower. The tulip Magnolias for sale at the nursery are blooming too. We had to move our first batch of four-inch petunias out of our little greenhouse to make room for the next

What is that saying about March? “In like a lion and out like a lamb.” At this point, I hope that is true. We woke up to 2 inches of snow and decided not to open last week. That gave me time to start the newsletter. It

Ah, blessed sunshine has been so welcome after the deluge we received. I believe Middletown is close to its seasonal average, and as long as we get some more rain, we are not looking too shabby. The wind can stay away as its drying effect is not