Bob’s Blog
Tips for Bringing Plants Indoors for Winter
If you haven’t brought your houseplants, and other plants you wish to overwinter, inside yet, it’s probably too late. Here in the Mid-Ohio Valley we’ve already had a couple killing frosts. However, if you’ve brought plants inside or plan to in coming years, here are some tips to help you nurse them along through the winter.
10 Tasks to Get Your Home Ready for Winter
Winter is just around the corner so here are 10 tasks that can be done now before it gets too cold.
Growing Stonecrop
Today I got a Facebook message from Tena Roush wanting some help identifying a plant. The plant pictured is a favorite in the fall garden when it reveals cluster of beautiful blooms. Stonecrop is a perennial that provides beautiful foliage throughout the growing season and provides an impressive flash of color in the fall.
Sky Watch: Fall 2015
Sky-watchers, get set: A double header of lunar events will occur this weekend in an event that won't happen for another 18 years. A Super Blood Moon Eclipse isn’t the name of a teen novel with glittery vampires but what will occur this Sunday night.
Brace Yourself
I hate to say it, but to quote Eddard Stark, “Winter is coming.” This week’s cooler weather has got me thinking about changing leaves, the smell of wood smoke, and frosty mornings. With the changing of the seasons, there are a number of things you can do now to prepare your landscape for winter and give you landscape a boost in the spring.
The Science of Fall Color
We all enjoy the colors of autumn leaves. The changing fall foliage never fails to surprise and delight us. Did you ever wonder how and why a fall leaf changes color? Why a maple leaf turns bright red? Where do the yellows and oranges come from? To answer those questions, we first have to understand what leaves are and what they do.