Uncovering Organic Mulches for Your Garden Using an organic mulch to protect your plants is a great alternative to compost. Wood mulch and straw mulch help with extreme temperatures that occur in the winter and summer. Straw mulch does have to be replaced often, but it does help keep the […]

How to Store Your Bare Root Fruit Trees Before Planting Did you pre-order your bare root fruit tree? Did it arrive before you were ready to get it in the ground? There are a few things you can do to store those bare root fruit trees to keep them safe […]

When to Plant Bare Root Fruit Trees Bare Root Fruit Trees need to be planted while they are still dormant and before they start budding out. The sooner we can get to planting in the dormant state after the threat of frost is gone from the area, the better. You […]

What if My Bare Root Fruit Tree Doesn’t Go Dormant? Bare Root Fruit Trees go dormant in the winter months. Because they go dormant, it makes them easy to dig up all the roots so you can easily transplant them. You might find them at a local nursery in a […]

3 Winter Wonder Plants We Love In the cold, dark winter months many think their garden grows empty. But it doesn’t have to! We are going to share with you our favorite winter wonder plants that like to grow in the cold months. Learn a little more tidbits and facts […]

Growing Blueberries in the Winter Taking care of blueberries in the winter is important to their growth. In Arizona we like to grow a sunshine blue blueberry, but it needs to be grown in a pot because it doesn’t like the alkaline soil that Arizona has. You will need a […]

What Is Ornamental Kale and What Is It Good For? Some of the kale varieties out there are beautiful and full of color. Farmers would try to sell these varieties, however they could only sell them for what regular kale would go for, which was about $2 a head. Soon, […]

Tips to Caring For Your Plants in the Winter Months When it comes to winter, as it gets colder, we want to be careful. You want to feed the soil more than the plant this time of year. There are times of year when we do foliar feeding, but winter […]

3 Ways to Make Your Garden Feel More Festive The holidays are here! We love to celebrate the holidays with our friends, families, and our gardens. We have a few different ways we like to bring the holidays into our elegant edible landscapes. There are many places that might be […]

Benefits and Methods of the Double-Dug Method The double-dug method is an ancient technique that is use by many farmers. You are basically digging down one spade and placing it in a wheel barrow. Then you are digging down a second depth and back filling it. When you are taking […]

How Pansies Can Change Your Life! If you have allergies the pansy is an amazing flower to help you heal. These flowers are full of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory benefits. They are not only elegant and edible but they are healthy too. The pansy is one of the key ingredients in […]

3 Secrets to Planting Successful Starts Picking and planting starts to your garden can be full of fun and excitement. We want to make sure that your excitement carries all the way through to production. Picking that first fresh vegetable can be exhilarating. There are three secrets we want to […]