Horticulture Highlights from the Suffield Garden Club
Are You a Doer in February?
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Here are some friendly tips and pastimes for a February To-do List:
Horticulture Highlights from the Suffield Garden Club
Lawn Care
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Small lawns can be dethatched using a specialized, hand-held dethatching rake or an iron rake. Or, use a dethatcher that attaches to a sit-down mower (see photo in Part 1 of 2).
Horticulture Highlights from the Suffield Garden Club
Lawn Care Highlights
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As time marches on, bits and pieces of grass and weeds die and collect just above the soil. This is called thatch.
Horticulture Highlights from the Suffield Garden Club
Do You Know the Elite?
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We have all seen or have planted a rhododendron of one variety or another.
Horticulture Highlights from the Suffield Garden Club
Natural Weed Killers
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“A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows.” — Doug Larson, columnist
Horticulture Highlights from the Suffield Garden Club
Do You Have “Lion’s Tooth”?
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Taraxacum is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, which consists of species commonly known as dandelions. They are native to Eurasia and North America, but the two commonplace species worldwide, T. officinale and T. erythrospermum, were introduced from Europe and now propagate as wildflowers.
Horticulture Highlights from the Suffield Garden Club
Father’s Day History
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Father’s Day originated in Spokane, Washington thanks to Sonora Smart Dodd (1882 – 1978). After Sonora’s mother passed away, her father, a Civil War veteran, raised her and five sons.
Horticulture Highlights from the Suffield Garden Club
History of Mother’s Day
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Mother’s Day is revered in many parts of the world, generally in March or May. Pink carnations are the most gifted flower for Mother’s Day.
Horticulture Highlights from the Suffield Garden Club
Reap What You Sow
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Gardening is a great practice for the mind, body and spirit. Whether one is a plant pundit or new to the hobby, you can find multiple benefits in gardening.
Horticulture Highlights from the Suffield Garden Club
Do You Have a Girdle?
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Recently, I asked Rick to investigate a few inches below the mulch level of our trees to see if any stray roots had encircled the base of the tree’s trunk. Sure enough, one tree was victimized.