How to Prepare the Landscape for Winter
Another gardening season has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean we can totally forget about our yards! There are a number of tasks to complete in fall so that your landscape is ready for the chilly and snow-filled winter months. Here are some ideas on how to prepare your landscape for winter so that […]
Tender Perennials You Can Keep as Houseplants Over Winter
Did you know that several of the plants we grow as annuals in North Dakota are actually perennials in warmer climates? In other parts of the country, they’d survive through a milder winter and come up again in the spring, year after year. So what that means is that you can bring many of these […]
Fall Planting Series: Plant Fall Bulbs for Spring Blooms
In the final installment of our Fall Planting Series, we’re covering spring-flowering bulbs. All of these beautiful flowers on our list need to be planted soon. If you get them in the ground now, you’ll be rewarded with effortless flowers all the way through spring next year. Previously in the Fall Planting Series, we covered […]
Fall Planting Series: Shrubs for Every Season
Fall is one of the best times of year to add landscaping features like shrubs and trees to your yard. Planting in fall gives these plants an extra few weeks to focus their energy on establishing strong roots instead of having to split energy between growing leaves, roots, and berries. We’re going to focus on […]
Fall Planting Series: Perennials for Every Season
Now that summer is coming to an end; it’s time to start planning for the seasons to come. Perennials are like the backbone to your entire garden—you can depend on them to come back year after year, and you can add in annuals around the base of them to have a beautiful, lush landscape. To […]
How to Deal with Fungus Gnats on Houseplants
As people who adore plants, we never want to see them suffer at the hand of pests. But we especially don’t want to see pests in our houseplants because that brings the problem inside our homes—gross! Fungus gnats are nasty little winged critters that resemble tiny mosquitoes and are similar in size to fruit flies. […]