Wordpress Author Native Gardening - A Shift In Styles As we continue into the future, native gardening has become more and more popular. I saw this trend coming years ago, when I was doing my internship in Minnesota. But I could not expect the delay it h... Mar 13, 2025 Blog
Wordpress Author Do You Have a Healthy Landscape? What exactly is a healthy landscape? Well, that term might mean something different to each one of you. But to me, as an ecological horticulturalist, it means how healthy is the landscaping in regards... Mar 6, 2025 Blog
Wordpress Author Hazelnut - March Plant of the Month Hazelnut is our 2025 Plant of the Month for March. This native shrub is commonly found in wooded areas on on woodland edges, from the Great Plains eastward. It can be a large shrub, growing 4 to 15 fe... Feb 27, 2025 Blog
Wordpress Author Keystone Plants for the Central Great Plains Just what are keystone plants? Well, keystone plants are plants which a habitat or ecosystem is mostly dependent on to thrive. By removing these species, you may collapse an ecosystem or limit its abi... Feb 20, 2025 Blog
Wordpress Author My Meadow Garden - 3 Years Later 3 years ago I started my Meadow Garden, planting around an existing bed of native plants. I started this bed in order to create a “naturalized” space within my landscape where the only regular mainten... Feb 13, 2025 Blog
Wordpress Author Proven Winners Annual Flowers When it comes to annual flowers, Proven Winners is ahead of the game. Even though they are not the only name on the market, they have upped everyone else’s quality by competition. In other words, becu... Feb 6, 2025 Blog
Wordpress Author Growing Luffas Also known as loofahs, these edible gourds are where organic bath sponges come from. Several years ago, as our farm was growing, my wife asked me to look into growing luffas. So I did. And it turns ou... Jan 30, 2025 Blog
Wordpress Author Shrubby Plant Picks - Proven Winners Now that 2025 is here, we need to talk more about Proven Winners shrubby plant picks. Yes, I said shrubby. Proven Winners has been working on their shrub line for a while now, and we love them! It is ... Jan 23, 2025 Blog
Wordpress Author Invasive Pests Update 2025 Invasive pests are among us, but hopefully not yet in our area. But they are coming. Be ready! We have been fairly blessed so far in the Central Great Plains Region to not have too many invasive pests... Jan 16, 2025 Blog
Wordpress Author Proven Winners Perennial Plant Picks Now that is a tongue twister. Proven winners has become and icon in American gardening, with the help of several influencers. And because the plants are as good as they say, we sell them. A lot of the... Jan 9, 2025 Blog
Wordpress Author A New Year, A New Look A lot of new things always happen with a new year. 2025 promises to be a bigger and better year than 2024. And with the new year comes new gardening trends, though they resemble 2024’s trends. It look... Jan 2, 2025 Blog
Wordpress Author The Kansas Gardener's Garden - 2024 It is Christmastime again! And you know what that means, it it time to show you my gardens from this year. 2024 was the 9th year of gardening on our property, but that does not mean that things are sa... Dec 26, 2024 Blog