Aug 4, 2022 | Container Gardening, DIY, Education, Fall Season, Gardening, Landscaping, Planting Prep, Summer Season, Vegetables, Who We are
As we gear up for Fall Planting, we celebrate this blog’s 5th birthday (woohoo!!) – and my own birthday too – I wanted to bring you a review of some of our previous Fall Gardening articles that you might have missed. Also I wanted to offer a few...
Jun 22, 2022 | Education, Gardening, Landscaping, Organic, Pest Control, Vegetables, Wildlife
As we continue our series on common garden problems, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention caterpillars. These hungry little beasties suddenly appear, and eat their way through your plants like the Tasmanian Devil destroys things in old Looney Tunes shows. ...
Jun 7, 2022 | Composting, DIY, Education, Fall Season, Food, Gardening, Landscaping, Lawn Care, Native Plants, Organic, Pest Control, Planting Prep, Spring Season, Summer Season, Vegetables, Winter Season
Fungus is a surprise we never like getting. It always seems to me that one day my plants are just fine. Then next…ewww…there’s stuff on my once pristine leaves and they’re turning yellow or brown. Fungus spreads by spores that float through...
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...
