While browsing the news online this morning I came across an article from the Smithsonian which talks about a study that found a link between the neonicotinoid pesticides like Imidacloprid and a decline in local bird populations. The pesticide has…
I spent most of my childhood covered in dirt and have been a gardener for most of my 51 years. Sometimes it included entire backyard plots while other times were limited to a few containers on the balcony. At this…
At some point every year I hit a couple of weeks where I just can’t seem to get time out in the garden. If I’m lucky, this doesn’t happen during a heatwave, but sometimes it does. And if I’m really…
I was tasked with presenting a new product at our nursery managers’ meeting a month ago and the product I presented was the Bug Blaster 30 inch Spray Bar with Nozzle. You can follow the previous link where you can…
Growing up I was thrilled to get a visit in the garden from both the red and the yellow ladybugs. The red ladybugs were always the first to visit. They would arrive in early spring. The yellow ladybugs always came…
We are going through one of our typical mid-spring heatwaves where temperatures soar into the upper 90′s and plants struggle to stay hydrated. Rather than a gradual climb, it is normal for our temperatures to suddenly spike making it feel…
At the nursery we start getting a lot of question about fruit production, or the lack of, right about now. Either a tree is producing few fruits or no fruit at all. And it can be particularly perplexing when a…
