As this early Easter approaches, activity in plants outside has been restrained with the relatively cold March. The cold weather has caused delays in receiving bare-root trees and shrubs from Lake County that normally would have already been processed and potted. The… 
Now that we’ve entered the spring season signaled by the vernal equinox, the weather will be gradually becoming warmer and the longer days needed by plants will soon result in the swelling of buds followed by leaves and then in some cases flowers. Already with Palm… 
With the March sun and warmer days, the plant world is just now showing signs of life from the long winter slumber. Witch hazels are the first to bloom with these strange but beautiful thread-like flowers resistant to frosts and even freezes. (Insert picture) The… 
This Saturday’s seminar is on proper composting with our speaker Susan Cowling. While composting is not what one would think of as a glamorous topic, its value lies in the changing of waste into eventually valuable humus. Humus is the “glue” that holds soil particles…
