May 12, 2022 | Bees, DIY, Education, Gardening, Landscaping, Pollinators, Who We are, Wildlife
Bees & Butterflies have been fascinating us for centuries, and for good reason. Industrious bees and butterflies with stained-glass looking wings are a delight in the garden! As our garden center expands here at Shell’s, I’ll be talking a bit more...
Mar 31, 2022 | Bees, Birds, DIY, Education, Gardening, Landscaping, Native Plants, Planting Prep
Ornamental grasses, in my opinion are the unsung heroes in the landscape. They can serve so many functions, I can’t imagine a garden without them! The ornamental grass category are often overlooked and upstaged by the showy and crazy colors of the flowers that...
Oct 13, 2021 | Bees, Container Gardening, DIY, Education, Food, Gardening, Pest Control, Planting Prep, Pollinators, Vegetables
Companion Planting, in the simplest terms is the practice of planting one variety of plant in close proximity to another kind of plant for a specific purpose. Companion Planting has been called other things too, such as intercropping, companionate planting,...
Mar 19, 2020 | Who We are, Bees, Container Gardening, DIY, Education, Gardening, Pollinators, Vegetables
The world is a different place today than it was about a month ago. We are encouraged to stay home and self-isolate. Kids are not in school. Parents may not be working. Having everyone home 24/7 can be really stressful! One way to cope is to have fun projects to do....
May 16, 2019 | Who We are, Bees, Container Gardening, DIY, Education, Gardening, Native Plants, Organic, Pest Control, Planting Prep, Pollinators, Vegetables, Wildflowers
Are you feeling it yet? That blistering white-hot H-E-A-T that signals that Summer is actually here already? Yeah, me too. It’s starting to feel like a muggy oven out there, and actually, the heat can be dangerous if you don’t stay covered and hydrated...
Jun 11, 2018 | Bees, Gardening, Native Plants, Pollinators, Who We are, Wildflowers
It is estimated that 90% of flowering plants, and over 30% of human food crops require pollinators to reproduce, such as creating the fruits and vegetables that we eat, and creating new flowering plants in our environment. Additionally, pollinators are an integral...
