Archive for the 'Gardening Supplies' Category

24 Apr

I love animals, and think Deer are among the most beautiful and gentle looking creatures there are.  We see them frequently around this area as it is very wooded, as well as bears, raccoons, squirrels, and you name it, we have it! My tulips are beginning to put out their buds, and when they flower [...]

13 Apr

This post is to let you know that the plant exchange page has been updated for the 2009 season.  Old inactive contributors have been removed, and new contributors are needed and appreciated.  You can offer plants, or any garden, herb or plant-related item that you wish. If you are not interested in offering your plants [...]

01 Mar

Here I sit waiting for the first flakes to drop as we wait for March to come in like a lion here in Northern NJ. With a winter like this, one can only continue to dream about what it will be like to begin digging in the soil. I remember when I was a young [...]

09 Jan

Over the past couple of years, our town has formed a sustainable gardening group, and have taken a plot of unused land in our Township, and turned it into something useful and beautiful.  There is also a beautiful “island” of flowers in the middle of the traffic light interchange in the middle of our town [...]

02 Jan

Are you living in a warm part of the country or world where you are dealing with garden and household insect pests?  We are in very-cold-right-now northern NJ, but even in the cold of winter, the basement of our cabin has little crickets, cave crickets, that my husband is always dealing with.  So far he [...]