While temperatures have cooled significantly, no rain has fallen in the area for at least a month as lawns and gardens are starting to show their thirst. At the nursery, the recycled rain water that is stored is running low so that water from Van Hyning Run of less… 
As August rolls on, the nursery chores as always never stop. Weed pulling, potting and replacing of more overwintering structures goes on as well as getting ready for the Christmas season with bow making for the grave blanket business and porch pots! The cut trees… 
Last Friday in the late morning, the nursery received just over one-half inch of rain that gave some relief from the dry weather. Some of the nursery stock such as the tree hydrangeas must be watered by hand every few days as the dense canopy of foliage prevents… 
Now that the dog days of summer have arrived, the typical dryness of August appears. Some of the heavy rain for many areas earlier in the month of July seemed to miss this area when a one to two inch rainfall would have been helpful. With the somewhat warm…