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Color Your Landscape Early!
This warm weather sure gets us in the mood to get out and get planting! Midwest winters can be tough on shrubs, plants, and trees. Things can look a little drab and colorless this time of year.
Successful Seed Starting to Get Your Garden Growing
In addition to saving you money, growing your own herbs, vegetables and ornamental plants from seed is extremely rewarding.
Collections: Easy Care Houseplants
For more information about these plants and more, visit our 10 Easy Care Houseplants or stop in and talk to the experts at your local Earl May Garden Center.
Our Top Tree Picks for Beautiful Fall Color
We all love that classic fall look, with bright red, orange and yellow leaves in the sunshine. And the fun memories of raking them into big piles to jump in as kids. Or even sipping some cider on the front porch or backyard deck on a calm autumn day while watching the leaves float in the breeze.
When to Harvest Apples & Other Fruits
You’ve nurtured and cared for your fruit trees all season long and at some point you want to enjoy the “fruits of your labor,” but when exactly can you harvest the fruit? Here are some tips from the experts on figuring out when to begin your harvest and some helpful hints on storing them as well.
Successive Planting: Growing a Fall Vegetable Garden
Harvesting vegetables is a great reward for all the hard work you've put in planting, watering and weeding during the season. Why not keep it going? Plant a fall veggie garden to continue producing the quality, homegrown foods you love.
Grow Great Tasting Blueberries
Blueberries are not only an enjoyable and rewarding fruit to grow but are attractive plants that lend themselves well to the home landscape. Its great fall color makes it very appealing.
Japanese Beetle Solutions
Be prepared! The Japanese Beetle have been spotted in the Midwest.
Not All Cones Have Ice Cream!
Much like ice cream should be a staple in your freezer, coneflowers should be a staple in your landscapes and gardens!
Create Your Very Own Pollinator Habitat
Have you been thinking about bees and butterflies as you make plans for your garden, landscape and outdoor spaces? As concern for our friendly pollinators increases, so does the demand for pollinator attracting plants. Creating a back yard habitat for these pollinators to thrive in is good for them and good for the environment.