by Frank Quinnette On my way to work this morning I heard a radio commercial for grub control. It’s a tongue-in-cheek spot from a major lawn care product supplier that is pretty funny really. Kind of 1950’s, flying-saucer-ominous-voice-in-panic type deal. Ugly monsters in the lawn devouring grass roots! Run for your lives! Something like that. [...]
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Don’t Panic… You’ve Got Grubs
Posted in Garden Tips, tagged environment, grass, grubs, nature, turf, Winterthur Garden on June 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Dividing Snowdrops
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, Plants, Techniques, tagged propagation, snowdrops on April 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Each spring I look forward to the flowering of the snowdrops (Galanthus spp.) and also to the task of dividing some of the larger clumps. There are a couple schools of thought of when the best time is to divide them, some say “in the green” just after flowering and others prefer to wait until [...]
Planting the Perfect Spring Container – April 8th
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, Lectures, Plants, Techniques on April 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just in time for spring! Join Michelle Christiano and Leigh Donnelly at the greenhouses at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday April 8th for a demonstration on spring containers. You’ll find out the right tools to create your own masterpieces. Michelle and Leigh’s steps to planting a great Spring container: 1. Mix potting soil with water to [...]
April Fool’s Day – First Wednesday at Winterthur for 2009!
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, Lectures, Plants on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lucky for you, we’re not playing a trick this April Fool’s Day. Meet at the greenhouses at 11:30 a.m. for the first “Wednesdays at Winterthur” program for 2009 when Michelle Stapleford will lead us on a walk among the winterhazels. Michelle knows all about the plants and their culture. Come and learn, then create your own piece of [...]
Not Your Regular List of Fall Garden Projects
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, tagged autumn, fall, projects on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I enjoy garden projects – as opposed to chores. To me a project is something that will improve or add lasting value to your garden. Raking leaves, for example, is a chore. Naturalizing bulbs, on the other hand, is a project because a sweep of naturalized bulbs will add years of low maintenance beauty to [...]
Hate Raking Leaves? A Mulch Mowing How-to
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, tagged autumn, fall, leaves, mulch mowing on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“… a mature, healthy tree can have 200,000 leaves. During 60 years of life, such a tree would grow and shed 3,600 pounds of leaves, returning about 70% of their nutrients to the soil.” Wisconsin County Forests webpage Think about how many millions of leaves will be gathered here at Winterthur and in the [...]
Tending the Flower Border
Posted in Garden Tips, tagged perennials, Winterthur on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It seems as if spring gently unfolds during the month of April and then suddenly, on a non-descript day in May, the perennial flowers—and the weeds—have grown to surprising heights (this epiphany occurred to me this past weekend while rooting through my own mixed border at home, pictured above); this is the time when I [...]
Gardening Tip #2: Spring Frosts
Posted in Garden Tips, tagged frost on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A week of sunny weather in April can give a gardener amnesia. Suddenly you find yourself planting as though it is May, forgetting that the nights can still get cold and turn your hard work into mush. Because today has been cool and cloudy I’ve already had two calls from gardeners asking for advice on frost. Keep [...]
Gardening Tip #1: Pruning Spring-flowering Shrubs
Posted in Garden Tips, tagged azaleas, corylopsis, flowering quince, forsythia, lilacs, pruning, shrubs, Winterthur on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A question we often hear this time of year is, “When should I prune my spring flowering shrubs?” Azaleas and forsythia, for example, can take us by surprise in spring by how much they have grown. You may need to prune your shrubs to restore their shape or to reclaim a path or part of a bed. In general, [...]
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