Feb 26, 2022
The snow was certainly a surprise on Sunday although timely for the fourteenth of November. Almost everything in the sales yard was put away into winter storage with the ongoing construction of another house for storage of plants in early spring, only to be vacated…
Feb 26, 2022
The Grave blanket construction is well under way as we continue to construct them and harvest branches as orders pour in. The flower bulb planting is nearly done as the second batch of 8,000 is nearly accomplished in order to ooh and ah all the customers that visit…
Feb 26, 2022
The repotting of pot bound material goes on in a wide array of products that in most cases can be available about May 1st. Some of the items were for sale, but may not sell which is the main reason for the “shift up” to a larger pot. We are still waiting on almost…
Feb 26, 2022
This Tuesday we received balled and burlapped trees from our longtime vendor of 45 years Losely nursery. They are available for this fall, or next spring sales, although fall planting is excellent because of the prolific amount of root growth that occurs which will…
Feb 26, 2022
Sadly, the beautiful annuals were pulled out of the beds as we must start planting 15,000 flower bulbs while the weather is favorably and the help is available. Wide trenches will be dug with as many as 16 bulbs placed across the trench about 4 inches deep and then…
Feb 26, 2022
The flowers in the landscape beds are gorgeous and with no frost predicted through October 26th it will be difficult to throw them out to the compost pile as we must start planting flower bulbs within a week. This year we are getting close to 15,000 bulbs that will be…
Oct 15, 2021
The flowers in the landscape beds are gorgeous and with no frost predicted through October 26th it will be difficult to throw them out to the compost pile as we must start planting flower bulbs within a week. This year we are getting close to 15,000 bulbs that will be…
Oct 8, 2021
The mum season is all but over and now replaced by the arduous task of putting more stock away for winter and taking inventory of that stock. We have begun removing plants from the perennial house that fortunately has already been inventoried. The clean up of the ebb…
Oct 1, 2021
The word at the nursery is mums, pansies, pumpkins, cornstalks as fall decorating is the norm. Fall planting of trees, shrubs and perennials is popular as customers take advantage of the cool days and greater moisture resulting in an unseen explosion of root growth…
Sep 24, 2021
The fall festival last Saturday went well and as always was centered around the market. Trees, shrubs, mums, asters and the winter hardy inspire pansies are available in various sizes and even hanging baskets. Transplanting or shifting up plants into larger pots still…