Arbor Day is a day set aside for the planting and caring for trees. The first one was celebrated on April 10th 1872 when an estimated 1,000,000 trees were planted nationwide on that day. In the United States, it is celebrated on the final Friday of April. Planting trees and the education surrounding the importance […]
Month: April 2012
Spring’s Blooming Everywhere
Spring is in its full glory right now. Daffodils and hyacinths are gone and the forsythia is already pushing out new vegetative growth to replace the vibrant yellow blast of its flowers. Right now, Dogwoods, redbuds, fothergilla, azaleas, lilacs, wisteria and viburnums, are reaching their bloom prime. Vinca groundcover is lush with blue flowers. […]
Adopt the pace of nature….her secret is patience.
Our weather has been one extreme to another lately. The recent heat has everyone scrambling to begin getting their gardens in shape. A word of caution, however, it was just tax time! Normally this time of year, the Tulips are barely blooming. Last year on March 23rd we had ten inches of snow and we […]