GARDENING TIPS There’s Always Something To Do In The Garden November is the time to finish your yard and garden clean-up and start your holiday decorating. Both tasks are more pleasant when the weather is a little warmer so try to complete them before the middle of the month. Garden Maintenance Tips: 1)  Keep mowing your lawn as long as the grass is growing. Meadow voles and field mice will damage turf and nearby trees and shrubs if...

GARDEN TIPS Bedding plants like geraniums, petunias and nicotiana can create a riot of color when planted en masse, but gardeners aren’t the only ones drawn to these bright and prolific flowers. Feeding damage caused by budworm caterpillars is on the rise across the country, causing alarm and panic in the gardening community — so much so that some gardeners are refusing to grow the most frequent plant victims of budworm damage. What are...

Seven GREAT Reasons to Bring Plants Into Your House! GARDENING INDOORS Great tips for your health! They Help to Improve the Mental Health Plants naturally help to heal. Just having them in the home can help to improve your mental health. Researchers found that people who live around nature feel much happier than those that don’t. This isn’t just about those who live in the countryside either. Just looking at the greenery in the home...

Yummy Recipes! Good Food, Good Times Now that the time has come to harvest peas from your garden, try this tasty recipe for your friends and family! Why this Recipe Works: Skirt steak has a loose grain and intense flavor that makes it ideal for stir-fries. A marinade formulated with soy sauce, wine, cornstarch, and baking soda flavors the meat while keeping it tender. Stir-frying the meat and vegetables individually guarantees maximum heat for...

IN THE GARDEN ALSO KNOWN AS “BUSY LIZZIE” Impatiens is a beautiful annual that makes an excellent houseplant or summer bedding plant. It is also known as “Busy Lizzie” and its name is a Latin word that describes the way its seeds shoot out of its pods when ripe (the slightest touch can make a ripe impatiens seed pod burst open and scatter its seeds). Impatiens like shade and moisture. PLANTING   –  Plant impatiens...