Bob’s Blog
Be Safe and Beat The Heat
It's been HOT outside the last few days. We're getting into the time of the year where the heat can feel oppressive on especially warm days. Don't underestimate the danger a hot day can create.
Rainy Day Gardening
If you haven’t noticed, it has been a bit wet and cold outside recently. Ranging from drizzle to torrential downpours, April has been a wet month. This has left many gardens looking more like rice paddies. Let’s take a look at what we can do around the garden when the heavens open.
Seed Shopping Tips
FINALLY! It’s time to get out in the garden and start planting early crops. For weeks now we have been watching the weather forecast with disgust. Kinda warm one day, and then winter’s wrath the next! During this time I’ve done what any gardener does – shop for seeds!
Keep a Garden Journal
One of my most indispensable tools in the garden isn’t a hoe, shovel, or tiller … it is a book. To be specific, I use a couple of books. I have a day planner that I use to plan out my daily tasks, and I have a notebook that I use for bigger projects. (I’m writing this draft in it right now.) This time of the year gardening starts to occupy more space in my notes.
How To Plant Your Easter Lily
With the Easter Holiday you might be gifted an Easter lily this weekend. While it makes a beautiful addition to indoor decorations this time of the year, you don’t have to throw it out when it starts to fade. If fact, you can plant it outside to enjoy for years to come.
The Great DST Debate
Are you ready to “spring forward” this weekend? I am! I’m not a morning person, and it will be nice to actually enjoy some daylight when I get home from work. However, in both spring and fall we see in the media and online a debate about whether to do away with Daylight Saving Time, stay on Standard Time, or switch to some other plan altogether.