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...

All About Lettuce! IN THE GARDEN This week we are talking about lettuce. Lettuce is versatile and with a few tips, it is an easy crop even for a beginner or balcony gardener, as it can be direct sown, grows well in containers, and adapts to shade well too. Below you will find handy lettuce tips and articles your customers may find helpful. You can copy and paste the tips, share the article links in your newsletters or other media or scroll...

IN THE GARDEN There’s Always Something To Do Prepare to Prune• Study your landscape plantings and draft a pruning plan. Tackle any landscape plant except spring bloomers. (Prune these after they flower.) Prune to shape a plant, to remove damaged wood, and to open the interior of a heavily branched plant.• Postpone pruning dogwoods, maples, and birches until early summer. These trees bleed sap profusely if pruned in early spring.•...