I recently took a trip to Janesville to visit Rotary Botanic Garden. Check out what I saw here: http://www.confessionsofaplantgeek.com/2013/09/a-visit-to-rotary-botanic-gardens.html
Seed Saving Basics – Open House Seminar Information
I found what I thought was a great resource on seed saving. It is a booklet published by the International Seed Savers Institute. Posting this information on the Caan’s blog is a wonderful way to share this information for those of you who may have missed the seminar during the Caan’s Fall Open House. For…
Special Acclimation Considerations- The Case of Hibiscus
With all that is said above about acclimation, you may be thinking ,”If it takes two months to acclimate , and I put my plants outside in June, and bring them back inside in September, my plants are spending a good bit of time adjusting back and forth….”This is true, and some plants can adapt…
The creative juices still flowing
A plan’o gram for your Fall decorating needs. Hope to see you this weekend for our Fall Open House; Saturday September 21st. A – Annual Purple Fountain Grass B – Garden Mum C – Swiss Chard D – Perennial Heuchera variety in clay pot sitting in the soil E – Kale F – Perennial trailing Sedum variety…
Fall Lawn Care
Many people think that spring is the best time for lawn care chores like de-thatching, aeration, fertilizing, and weed control. The truth is that fall is a better time to do these chores. Our cool season turf grasses are coming back into active growth after summer dormancy. Now is the time to water if we aren’t getting…
Cedar Apple Galls (The orange hairy monster)
A woman recently brought in branch from a Red Cedar with galls resulting from Cedar-apple rust. It was good that she noticed it now because the galls were newly formed this season thus there is time to do something about it. The ‘galls’ are swollen kidney shaped brown swellings about 3/8 to over 1 3/16…