As Nevadans start digging out their gardening tools, University of Nevada, Reno Extension is offering free resources and expertise to help their yards and gardens flourish in our state’s often dry, challenging conditions. Highlights include a new Pest Solutions web resource, a series of livestream Grow Your Own, Nevada! online classes to help Nevadans grow…
SINGAPORE – Plant lovers can now sign up for free gardening-related activities in a new initiative meant to encourage those with green fingers to spread the joys of gardening to the wider community. The new Grow and Share initiative was launched on March 13 to mark 20 years of the National Park Board’s (NParks) nationwide…
Here are 11 plants to attract hummingbirds to your garden Plan your hummingbird garden using these 11 plants. Angela Peterson and Lou Saldivar, Wochit Get ready to garden with gardening-related activities in March. Whether you are dreaming of sowing seeds, starting a rain garden with native Wisconsin plants, or looking for garden art, find your…
Predesigned native plant kits provide diverse grasses, flowers and sedges.Amy Roskilly BEREA, Ohio — With temperatures reaching the 60s and lengthening days signaling spring’s imminent arrival, it’s the perfect time to “go native” with Cuyahoga Water & Soil District plant kits. Each kit contains 50 plugs of 10 or more native species designed for an…
March is a great time to start some seeds indoors. This can be a small project or an obsession gone berserk! Optimal light conditions, growing medium, soil moisture, temperature and timing are critical factors for success. ⢠Seedlings need at least 12 hours a day of light. ⢠Bright windows might provide enough light but…
Dozens of landscapers and florists will show their visions of plants and gardens of the future when the 196th Philadelphia Flower Show opens this Saturday, March 1, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, 12th and Arch streets, Philadelphia. From creative arrangements of cut-flower bouquets to futuristic, basketball-court-sized displays of blooming trees and water features, spring’s colors…
âIn March winter is holding back and spring is pulling forward. Something holds and something pulls inside of us too.â â Jean Hersey, American author What a deliciously cold winter weâve had. Hopefully, March will bring us an equally delightful spring that provides rain, sunshine and perennials that have survived the winter temperatures. Here are…
Oh, the excitement we feel when planning this yearâs garden! The sunny days and warmer temperatures that happen this time of year let us know spring is coming. Itâs still a little early for digging and planting, but itâs the perfect time to do some early garden projects to get in the mood for the…
