Wordpress Author Peach Season August is peach season! As a kid, I always thought the peaches should be ripe much earlier than they actually are. I was always so impatient for those small green balls to grow big and turn bright yel... Aug 6, 2015 Blog
Wordpress Author Natural VS. Formal Water Features Natural The unorganized nature of this water feature is very natural. Natural water features are very relaxing. They are perfect for larger properties and properties in the country. They can be used i... Jul 16, 2015 Blog
Wordpress Author Bold Water Designs I struggle to sit still some days while browsing through water feature examples. I just get so excited that I want to go out and build each and every one! Combinations of water and fire excite me, and... Jul 9, 2015 Blog
Wordpress Author Design Formation Part 2: Developing the Form. Alright, now that you have completed Part 1, Finding the Function , you have a good idea what you want to accomplish with your property. The next step is taking that function and deciding upon a form.... May 21, 2015 Blog
Wordpress Author Design Formation Part 1: Finding the Function A good landscape design melds form with function. What this means, is that a good plan is not only pretty, it also serves a purpose. Nor does it simply serve a purpose, it is also beautiful. If you ar... May 14, 2015 Blog
Wordpress Author Landscape Maintenance: The Who, Why, What, and When When friends and neighbors ask me what I do for Grimm’s Gardens, I have a difficult time explaining my job. As the landscape maintenance foreman, I have a job that entails much attention to detail, a ... Mar 12, 2015 Blog
Wordpress Author Garden Planning Guide February, March & April Winter time is the best time to plan and prepare for next year’s gardens. We at Grimm’s Gardens are busy with ideas and preparations for the upcoming spring season. From now until March 1 st , we will... Feb 12, 2015 Blog
Wordpress Author What is the fuss about? Tomato Grafting and the Home Gardener Early in January I attended the Great Plains Growers Conference at Missouri Western University, in St. Joseph, MO. While I was there I was asked to look into the tomato grafting workshop, in the hope ... Gardening Organic Gardening growing tomatoes tomato grafting tomatoes Feb 5, 2015 Blog
Wordpress Author Removing Plants from Grow Bags At Grimm’s Gardens we use fabric grow-bags to give our customers the highest quality plants we can. We use a fabric aeration container that releases heat and root prunes a plant’s root structure. Your... big trees grow bags trees Jan 29, 2015 Blog
Wordpress Author Barkophile Being a tree person leads to many different obsessions – fall color, fruit, shade, and bark. I first heard the term barkophile, not an actual word but very real, used at a conference in Iowa last wint... Bark big trees champion trees trees Oct 22, 2014 Blog
Wordpress Author Garden Planning: Heirloom Vegetables I have been an heirloom gardener for four years now. You would not call me an expert, just an enthusiast. When I first started growing heirlooms four years ago, I had no idea how it would transform my... Garden Planning Gardening Organic Gardening heirloom vegetables heirlooms Jun 12, 2014 Blog
Wordpress Author Gardeners are Romantics Gardeners are romantics, dreamers, artists, composers, painters, wanderers, charmers, extremists, poets, sculptors, BELIEVERS. Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and everyone is thinking about ... Feb 13, 2014 Blog