When you purchase and before you plant annuals, in any season, trim them back. It is hard to convince yourself, but cut off the flowers. Or buy full plants without blooms. Prune gently, so they will branch and give you bigger, more robust plants, and more bloom in the long run.. Add gritty soil for drainage, and amend the soil with organic matter like compost, apply a 3-1-2 garden fertilizer, like Microlife, and mulch. Some flowers, like petunias and calendulas, may need pr

It is almost time for fall gardening, in fact, we should already have a plan in mind as fall gardens are not as long term as spring gardens. If we wish to have a garden that produces during the fall, it is important that we keep in mind that time is of the essence Anahi Vasquez and Denton Langridge plant vegetable seeds in the greenhouse, which students will transplant in the garden this fall. (as in almost everything in life!) The take home is ‘shorten the time that our vege