May
Welcome to May at Grimm’s Gardens! This is the month of old fashioned flowers blooming in the garden. Peonies, iris, mockorange, and all of mom’s favorite flowers are now blooming! I look forward to May because this is also when most of the pollinators start showing up – bees and butterflies! And I really love […]
April
April is the true beginning of spring for most gardeners. The temperatures are more consistently warmers, more flowers are blooming, and the hum of bees can be heard in field and pasture. There is no month quite like April. Yes, we may get heavy rainstorms and even tornadoes, but we more often get gentle rains […]
March
March is the beginning of the garden year for most of us. True, some of us do start even earlier (I begin my garden cleanup in February). March is when trees begin to bloom and other unique things happen outside around us. It is when we first hear our spring peepers (which are frogs) […]
February
Lawn • To prevent lawn suffocation, rake fallen leaves. • Review lawn service contracts and make changes. • Tune up and repair the mower to get a jump on the season. • Avoid injury to the lawn when the soil is frozen by keeping foot traffic to a minimum. Landscape • Draw garden layouts to […]
January
Lawn • Evenly spread snow from walks, do not pile to prevent winter dieback. Use de-icers and other snow melt products sparingly to reduce injury.• Avoid walking on frozen lawns. It may injure the grass. Landscape • Use Ice Melt to melt away snow and ice without the harmful salts that damage shrubs.• Time to […]
