Is Your Dog Destroying Your Lawn?
Our four-legged friends steal our hearts, but they sure can wreak havoc on a yard and outdoor living space. Fortunately, there are solutions that don’t involve keeping your rambunctious pup indoors.
Victory Garden 2.0 – Fall is for Planting Shrubs
Shrubs are some of the most reliable and hardworking plants in the garden and Fall is the perfect time to plant shrubs in your garden. Here’s why……
Carol Allen The Orchid Lady’s Update
Here is the schedule for the last re-potting clinics of 2020 for Carol Allen. Due to COVID 19, Carol will hold the clinics outside or in a venue that can provide enough space, ventilation, warmth, and light.
What Is Blooming In October
This week my granddaughter, Zoe, and I walked around the yard exploring. Fall brings so many things, but what is always exciting is finding so many of our favorite plants still blooming.
Fall Soil Test Sampling Considerations
Most people think of spring as a time to sample their soil. While that is a great time, fall is just as critical. Your lawn needs the right balance of nutrients to sustain winter hardiness and prepare for a quick spring green up!
Victory Garden 2.0 – Fall is for planting (or Dividing) Bearded Iris
Find out when and “How To” divide your Bearded Iris. Most other irises can stay in the same spot for ten years or more without needing division, but bearded irises will decline fairly quickly…
Happy in a New Home
For the first time I can plant some sunny perennials. I put in two of my favorites: Fragrant Aster, Aster oblongifolius ‘October Skies’, and Eutrochium (Eupatorium) dubium ‘Little Joe.’
Fall Has Arrived!
Fall is time to just take in deep breaths and clean out the cobwebs in your head and for me in my corners. What is your favorite thing to do in the Fall? Send me a email, I would love to hear from you.
Victory Garden 2.0 – Fall is for Planting Bulbs
Fall is in the air and that means it’s time for mums, pumpkins, apples… and planting spring-blooming flower bulbs! Invest an hour or two this fall to enjoy weeks of color next spring!
Garden Surprise
Last Fall, Larry Bristow, Behnke’s Website Manager, shared some of his iris bulbs from his new home with me. Apparently, there were many different colors in a section of his garden. so when he gave me the bulbs to plant, we did not know what to expect.
USDA Recommended Soil Testing Kits
The USDA recommends that home owners conduct a professional, scientific, lab-based test of their soil annually, before application of fertilizers and soil amendments.
Old World Hand Crafted Glass Blown Christmas Ornaments
We love Old World Christmas Ornaments at Beyond Behnke’s, and we know you will too. They make each glass ornament with care to ensure you get the very best.