Ladybug Blog

• Summer Vacation for Houseplants
  We are there, or almost there.  It seems like this week will finally be the week we can move our houseplants outside.  This is one of the best things we can do for our houseplants provided that we pay attention to some abiotic (nonliving) factors.  It needs to be said and understood that any change […]
• Bedding Farewell – A Garden Goodbye!
  Walking around my property for the last time the other day, wakened a lot of memories of not only the happy and sad times, plans fulfilled or put on hold, but also of how the yard and gardens changed over the last 35 years.  My late husband and I moved into a small, white Cape […]
• Promoting Beneficial Soil Microorganisms in the Garden
  When working the soil in our gardens, it is easy to forget that the soil is home to microorganisms. In fact, one gram of soil can contain up to 100 billion microorganisms. Within the soil, there are micro-environments with different abiotic features that can host unique microbial assemblages. Each soil environment can contain vastly different […]