5 Steps to Long-Lasting Cut Flowers

5 Steps to Long-Lasting Cut Flowers

Zinnias make excellent cutting flowers. Don’t you just love fresh flowers at home? Cosmos on the dining room or coffee table, bachelor’s button by the bathroom sink, or sunflowers on the bedroom bureau-but they can wilt after only a day or two. Follow these steps and watch your cut flowers stay stunning for over a week!   –  Harvest the flowers when the buds are just starting to open. If possible, harvesting in the early morning...

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Celebrate Roots!

Celebrate Roots!

Celebrate roots!  Roots are delicious! For Your Health Celebrate roots.  Now is the time to seed these delicious options to have a late fall bounty. Turnips, rutabagas, carrots, beets, parsnips, and radishes are all root crops that love cool weather, store well, and provide colorful, bountiful fall harvests right up until your first fall frost and even beyond. Cold-hardy crops, such as most root vegetables, are better able to survive...

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Outdoor Decor in Just 4 Easy Steps

Outdoor Decor in 4 EASY Steps … STEP 1 Fabrics So let’s start with outdoor furniture. Yes, it can get expensive … but here’s some fun ways to keep it budget friendly. Shop your favorite flea markets for inexpensive furniture that you can paint and repurpose. Dress up the pieces with outdoor fabrics and even an outdoor rug to give it the polished look – almost instant and pocketbook friendly! STEP 2 Mood Lighting Forget open flames …...

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Poinsettia Planting

Poinsettia Planting

  Preparing for Christmas in July   A look behind the scenes   Our production team begins potting poinsettias yesterday at our facilities in Pleasantview, Kansas.  By the end of the day there were 175 10” pots and 700 8” pots planted, and when all is finished a total of 22,000 poinsettia plants will be prepped for the upcoming Christmas holidays!   The process of growing our poinsettias actually began last month with...

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June Gardening To-Do List

June Gardening To-Do List

June gardening tips,  make sure to do the following …       For Vegetables:  As tomatoes begin to sprawl, train them to a stake, cage or wire fence Sidedress eggplant, peppers and tomatoes when the first fruits are walnut size Sidedress melons when they begin to vine Mulch heat-loving crops only after the soil has dried and warmed sufficiently Remove rhubarb seed stalks as they appear Sidedress asparagus and...

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Month of May

Month of May

Month of May Gardening To Do Tips … Tips & Tricks VEGETABLES     –  Beginning in May, plant pumpkin and herb seeds and plants. Basil, sage and savory may be direct seeded.   –  Plant beans, cucumbers, eggplant, melons, peppers, okra, Swiss chard, tomatoes, squash and sweet potatoes.   –  Side-dress beans 2-3 weeks after emergence.   –  Thin and harvest beets, carrots,...

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