With spring on the horizon, flowers are beginning to bloom at Wellfield. One of the first blooms of the growing season is the flower of...

Winter can feel dreary and unending for all of us gardeners. Pruning trees and shrubs, with an emphasis on their winter appearance, is...

With the growing season behind us, we often use the winter to reflect and plan for the next year. Planning involves annual bed design,...

When we think of conifers, we typically imagine evergreen trees like pines, spruces, and firs—those steadfast symbols of winter...

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...

If you have ever owned a crabapple, and most Americans have, you are familiar with the mid-season annoyance of pesky and persistent...

When you visit Wellfield Botanic Gardens, you may notice little to no support for flopping herbaceous plants is utilized. Wellfield...

Every spring as I drive about Elkhart County, I cringe upon seeing the yearly attempt to cut back ornamental grass clumps. Believe it or...

Forty degrees Fahrenheit seems an important yard and garden threshold, and with air temperatures set to trend upwards again this week,...

What we do to one portion of our yard affects the many other relationships in the system. If we immediately sprayed our sunflowers at the...

In part one of this topic we considered our seed sources. Does the supplier operate ethically? How and where is the seed produced? What...

I am often asked if I grow any of the plants at Wellfield from seed, and if so, how do I go about selecting and ordering seed for the...

I think the most common question that I am asked in February, when the inevitable slight warm stretch arrives, is “Are you worried about...