Gardening Tips

Everything You Want To Know About Perennials Part 2

DelphiniumWelcome back to the series that is cover all you want to know about perennials. We are sharing everything from extra beautiful perennials to perennials that offer your family more privacy and lastly perennials that provide shade.

Today, we are sharing about how to use perennials to provide your landscape with a little bit more privacy. Using perennials in this way is genius because of how low maintenance these flowers are.  Every year you can expect and look forward to them returning.

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Everything You Want To Know About Perennials Part 1

Hydrangea

How well do you know perennials?

This is the start to a 3 part series on all you can think of from extra beautiful perennials, perennials that offer privacy and shade for your home.

I’ll admit that when I started gardening, I had no idea what a perennial was. So because of that, I’m going to start this series with a Webster’s Dictionary quote:

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Grow Your Own Coffee Beans

Steaming coffee & beans

Do you love the smell of coffee?

I admit that I have been a coffee addict since I was 15 years old. It wasn’t only the taste. Don’t get me wrong. Sometimes I think that a good cup of coffee can solve almost any problem. It is the atmosphere that comes with a steaming cup of coffee. It seems to bring conversations to life. When the aroma hits your nose in the morning, everything seems possible.

Can anyone relate to my love for coffee?

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How To Save Your Trees and Your Money

Save money

Do your trees keep dying on you?

Are you bleeding your wallet every year because of your trees?

We all love to look out at our back yard and see flourishing trees. While my iPhone’s weather app tells me that it is 1 degree outside, I know that it is time to get planning for spring. It may be cold, but before I know it, the weather report will have warmer forecasts and birds will be showing up on my back deck.

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How to Turn Soil by Hand in 3 Steps

Shovel tilling dirt

Would you like to have loosened and well drained soil?

Has your ground frozen yet?

If the ground in your garden hasn’t frozen yet, then you are in luck because right now is the perfect time for you to turn your soil. While turning your soil might feel like a lot of work, your garden will benefit from it enormously. Turning the soil could be the perfect Saturday chore for the weekend.

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Think Spring – How to Start Preparing Your Garden

Garden Plan

Now that it’s the New Year, are you already thinking spring?

Did you think that January is too early for spring prep?

The weather warmed over the weekend here in Michigan. While the cold temperatures are coming back over this coming week, all I could think about was spring. I love the fall color, but spring is my favorite season. Everything comes alive and starts over. Plus, I get to spend more time in my garden.

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3 Vegetables to Start from Seed

Cabbage seedling

Do you live in the Southwest of the county?

Are you looking to grow from fresh vegetables?

First, if you live in the southwest, let me start off by admitting – I’m jealous. As the wind nips at my nose and the once beautiful white snow turns to brown mush; I admit I wish that I lived in the south.

Nonetheless, it’s Friday so Happy Friday! Today, we are excited to share about 3 veggies that are great to start from seed and for our Southwestern readers.  Right now is the perfect time to get these seeds in the ground.

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How to Spray Fruit Trees

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Do you have an apple tree in your backyard, but cannot enjoy it because of disease and pests?

My in-laws recently moved onto a beautiful property with apple trees, orange trees and a wonderful garden. This fall, we were visiting and we were so excited to try this free organic fruit. We realized that the fruit had not been sprayed and the fruit was diseased and covered with worms.

Has this ever happened to you? Growing your own fruit and vegetables is such an amazing way to save money and be healthy, but it does require some upkeep. Today, we are sharing about spraying fruit trees.

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January Gardening Tips & Tricks

January Gardening Tips & Tricks

Now that the holidays are over, are you already thinking Spring?

Happy January! We hope that the New Year has filled you with hope and a desire to turn your landscape into the envy of the neighborhood.

Here at Rootwell Products Inc., we sell products that are revolutionary for plants, trees and shrubs, but we also provide this blog that offers free how tos, tips and tricks and all you can think of about information for you and your landscape. This blog was created to help you make your landscape into the envy of the neighborhood.

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