Gardening Tips Newsletter - Gardening Tips May
Written by <a href='/your-profile?userid=67'>Tamara Hennigan</a> Saturday, May 01 2010 00:00
Timely Tip for May Gardeners
From Calloway’s Nursery
Perennials are becoming more important to gardeners because of their staying power. They are plants you set out once, yet they return year after year for your enjoyment. Perennials are often those plants that can be divided, shared and passed on from generation to generation.
They do best when they are incorporated into the landscape with other plants. While shrubs provide the backbone to your beds, perennials will contribute color at certain times of the year. Mixing groupings of the same type of perennials will give your landscape a nice splash of color. Most often, perennials die back in the Winter and emerge again in the Spring.
Gardening Tips Newsletter - Gardening Tips April
Written by <a href='/your-profile?userid=67'>Tamara Hennigan</a> Thursday, April 01 2010 00:00
Timely Tip for April Gardeners
From Calloway’s Nursery
Many gardeners are looking for ways to get the most out of gardening and landscape enjoyment while preserving and protecting our environment. Earth-Kind™ gardening uses research-proven techniques to achieve this and it can be done in any home garden.
Gardening Tips Newsletter - Gardening Tips March
Written by <a href='/your-profile?userid=67'>Tamara Hennigan</a> Monday, March 01 2010 00:00
Timely Tip for March Gardeners - From Calloway’s Nursery
This is the year to grow your own fruits and vegetables! Our most popular clinic in 2009 was our “Spring Vegetables and Herbs” clinic and we will be hosting two clinics on that topic in March.
Many positive things come from growing a garden. Working in a garden can help to relieve stress and increase your overall activity level. Sunlight can improve sleep, deter depression and promote a stronger immune system. Growing your own garden allows you to control what fertilizers, pesticides and fungicides are used during the raising of your crops. But, most importantly, vegetables and fruits grown in a home garden tend to be more flavorful and nutritious!
Gardening Tips Newsletter - Gardening Tips September
Written by <a href='/your-profile?userid=67'>Tamara Hennigan</a> Saturday, September 12 2009 19:35
Research has proven that your Fall lawn feeding is one of the most important ones of the year! Your lawn has just gone through the stressful summer months and needs nutrients for rebuilding. Calloway's Premium Lawn Food supplies three sources of nitrogen. The first source provides a quick shot of nitrogen to give your lawn a nice greening effect. The other two are control-released to provide a consistent supply of nitrogen over the next several months. The 21-5-10 formula also supplies the needed nutrients to stimulate root development, make your grass hardier for the Winter months and provide food for next Spring's growth!
Apply it this month or the first of October. For those who are organic gardeners, Calloway's Organic Fertilizer contains seven food grade meals and can also be applied now.
This is also the time to apply pre-emergents to prevent broadleaf and grassy weed seeds from sprouting over Winter and Spring. Apply Greenlight Crabgrass Preventer with Dimension for grassy weeds and Portrait for those pesky broadleaf weeds. For our organic gardeners, use Corn Gluten Meal as a natural pre-emergent.
So, don't kick back and settle into football season quite yet-apply your fertilizers and pre-emergents now and enjoy your own green field next Spring!
Gardening Tips Newsletter - Gardening Tips August
Written by <a href='/your-profile?userid=67'>Tamara Hennigan</a> Monday, July 13 2009 13:33
Bring on the Heat- Summer Color!
During the summer months, re-vitalize your garden beds. Fertilizing, pruning, new mulch and fresh plantings can all bring your flower beds back to life!
Fresh color is still available at Calloway's in larger sizes for an instant impact. Celosia, Vinca (Periwinkle), Lantana and Purslane are all good, reliable summer bloomers. Plant these directly into beds or containers to replace flowers which have reached their prime. Add Calloway's Flower Food, a slow release fertilizer, and you will not have to fertilize for two months. Keep old blooms trimmed off to encourage repeat blooming. Add a new layer of mulch to flower beds and to containers to lessen evaporation and keep the soil cooler. Color abounds even in the heat of summer!
We are hosting several opportunities for design help during the month of August. Saturday, August 8th at select stores, a small group Design Class will be held. Space is limited but your spot can be held by pre-registering at www.mytexasgarden.com and click on eStore. A one-on-one design consultation will be held on Saturday, August 22nd at select stores. For more information and to register for one or both, go to www.mytexasgarden.com.
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