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Turnips Tough?

Or how about tough turnips? If you plant turnips in the spring approximately 3 weeks before the last frost or 2 months before the first frost in the fall, you won't have turnips that will fight back when chewing them. Turnips are a cool weather vegetable that can withstand cold temperatures if mulched...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by jeff-nhn on 07-14-2008
Fruit Cracking?

It is so important to keep uniform moisture to your fruit trees and tomato plants. If you don't, you will probably experience the dreaded fruit cracking or splitting right about harvest time. It is so disappointing when that happens as most people work very diligently trying to bring home the perfect...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by jeff-nhn on 07-06-2008
Tree Bark Splitting?

Tree bark splitting in the winter months on young fruit trees, broad-leaf or ornamental trees can be quite common. It is disturbing to walk out and check your young plantings and find that dreaded bark split. The splitting is lengthwise on the trunk or major limbs and normally on the south or southwest...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by jeff-nhn on 06-25-2008
Peony Planting Tips

Peonies can be touch temperamental if not planted correctly. I know this from experience as one of my wife's favorite perennials is the peony bush. I have never had much luck transplanting a peony ; not sure why but I have decided that once planted, a peony will be in the same spot forever. I always...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by jeff-nhn on 06-05-2008
Broccoli

I always wondered why my parents never grew broccoli in their garden as we seemed to have it on our dinner plates at least a couple of times a month. I was considering planting some this year but time and space did not allow. After doing some research over the winter months I learned a few facts and...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by jeff-nhn on 05-31-2008
Seeds & Small Fruits

What a difference a year can make when it comes to small fruits and seed purchases. I have been walking local garden centers and watching what people are buying this year. Seeds, seeds and more seeds. Not so long ago I read that the vegetable and flower seed business was dropping at unprecedented rates...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by jeff-nhn on 05-29-2008
Gravel Mulch

I used to look at landscapes with gravel mulch in a much different way and I would tell myself I wouldn't ever consider using gravel as a mulch. Well, as time passed and I did some research on the benefits, I believe I may just try a bed or so of gravel mulch. What changed my mind? I saw a bed of...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by jeff-nhn on 05-11-2008
Grouping Perennials By Watering Needs

There are times when you just have to go back and start over. My wife and I enjoy new perennials so much that when we see something we like, we buy it. Then we go home and try and find a place for the new purchase. As we have followed that "gotta have it" approach for years, we unknowingly...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by jeff-nhn on 05-02-2008
Sleep, Creep & Leap

One of my favorite gardening rhythms is so true but when I say it to customers, they give me a look as to say "Thats not what I wanted to hear". I have determined that when I talk about planting perennials, if I stick to this phrase "the first year they sleep, the second year they creep...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by jeff-nhn on 04-26-2008
Garden Hose

This past weekend I decided to bring my garden hoses out of the garage and get them in place for the season. After viewing one of the hoses I decided it was time to replace it. So off to the local hardware store where I purchased this shiny new hose. As I was unwinding the hose I had forgotten how unruly...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by jeff-nhn on 04-24-2008

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