Why is it that gardeners have such a love-hate relationship with leaves in the fall? We look forward to and love the fall colors, but we hate the chore of picking them up. Here in the Northwest…
General Gardening
It pains me to see customers spending hundreds of dollars on new plants and simultaneously refusing to spend a few more on a bag or two of compost and a box of starter fertilizer. These two items are not unnecessary “add-ons” that the retailer is just trying to add to the sale, they are critical components of a successful transplanting process - or as I like to refer to them as “plant insurance”. Unless you have phenomenal soil, you should always add compost and starter fertilizers when you are planting new plants. Here is why…
Why is it that gardeners have such a love-hate relationship with leaves in the fall? We look forward to and love the fall colors, but we hate the chore of picking them up. Here in the Northwest…