Gardening Tips

• Jumping Worms Fact Sheet – Invasive jumping worms disrupt soil structure and make it uninhabitable for many of our native plants. Learn what we’re doing to prevent the spread of jumping worms – and how you can help! Read more →
• Moist Soil / Wet Feet Perennial Plants – Plants that prefer or tolerate moist soil often grow in low-lying, seasonally flooded areas and/or deep shade. Read more →
• Benefits of Cover Cropping – Cover crops, often planted in between main cash crops cycles, are grown for their benefits to the soil: nutrient cycling, weed suppression, limiting soil erosion, alleviating compaction, and carbon cycling. Read more →
• Cover Cropping for Soil Health – There are four commonly agreed upon tenets for building and maintaining soil health, and cover cropping is a part of all four. Read more →
• Heirloom Versus Hybrid Plants – While the long-term advantages of heirlooms are numerous, many farmers rely on the more consistent outcomes provided by hybridized seed. Read on to learn about the difference… Read more →
• No Till Agriculture – What is No-Till Agriculture? Read more →
• Container Gardening – Don’t let lack of space keep you from gardening! Read on to learn how to grow successfully in containers. Read more →
• Starting a Garden – Let us share some tips with you on how, and why, to start your own garden, and provide some helpful resources too. Read more →
• Growing Cut Flowers – Having beautiful flowers available for cutting is always a pleasure. And by cutting your flowers, you help encourage continuous blooms throughout the season as well. Read more →
• Perennial Grasses – When you think about your perennial gardens, does grass come to mind? Well, perennial grasses are not for the birds… or are they? Read more →