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Before you bemoan the dumping we received last weekend – how much there was to clear, how deep it was – consider some of the benefits to...

I am on a botany kick lately, so if you, my dear reader, cannot handle the plant nerdiness, check back next week. But I caution you –...

Someone asked me last evening if there were any new and exciting plants I happened to be jiving over; ones that may be coming to a public...

This time of year, as we go through the drama of snow falling-snow melting-media outlets going through meltdown over the next big winter...

How doest thou sayest “Clematis” or “Hemerocallis?” Doest thou even careth? Probably not, but for you plant nerds and...

Many wonder what on earth I do in the winter time. I smile when people say, “Oh, this must be your down time.” I may not be in the midst...

So this post is really directed toward my wife. We go through the same argument – I mean discussion – every Christmas season. She makes...

A key principle of permaculture is valuing renewable resources, and producing no waste. Often the best resources are those considered a...

Last week we discussed the what and why of herbaceous fall cutbacks in an effort to tidy up the flower bed. This week, let us start a two...

This week, we experienced the first frost of Autumn 2017 at Wellfield Botanic Gardens. For us, this means fall bed clean-up, and all that...

A warm fall means warm fall soil. Warm fall soil means some potentially panicked individuals. Weather like we are experiencing may trick...

Last week, we removed our cannas from flower beds where we are now planting tulips and have stored them for the winter. As I was doing a...

The last step in Wellfield’s fall turf management program is the application of compost tea to turf and flower beds. If you are...

Last Friday, we discussed the steps to seeding those bare lawn patches that, from your front window, just make you itch. Since you...

In the previous turf practices installments, we discussed core aeration and spreading compost on your lawn. The next step we take here...

Last week we discussed how Wellfield Botanic Gardens aerates the turf. Once little gaping holes are opened through the blades of grass,...

Cooler air and warmer soil temperatures make late summer an excellent time to implement a number of organic turf practices, so September...

You are probably wondering, from the title of this piece, what on earth did I have to drink this afternoon, and I can assure you the...

I was recently asked by a visitor via our info@wellfieldgardens.org email address how we manage to keep our furry mammalian Elkhart...

One message I try emphasize whenever possible is the simple idea that landscapes provide, sustain and enhance life. We typically design...