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We're always looking a season (or two!) ahead here at the nursery. We plant our (huge!) pumpkin patch in our fields in mid-June. Mid-late June is the ideal time to plant most varieties. Planting at this time will give you pumpkins in mid-September to mid/ late October, just in time for Halloween. If you'd like to plant some in your own backyard, here are some tips: You can plant pumpkin seeds directly in the ground. If your ground is tough, we recommend tilling it beforehan

It's time to take a good look at any plants that stay in container pots outdoors year-round. If they've been in those pots for two years or more, it's time to either repot with fresh soil or pot up- meaning they have outgrown their current pot and need a larger one. For repotting (not needing a new, larger pot): Regular potting soil tends to be too lightweight for outdoor shrubs in pots. Consider using a high-quality potting soil (Fox Farm's potting soils are great and we of

Deciduous trees are prone to suckers, which means (as our photo below shows) that your tree has put forth the effort to produce a new branch or stem, but it's near the base of the tree and is not needed there. Suckers happen on most deciduous trees, especially Crape Myrtles, Dogwoods, Japanese Maples, and younger trees in general. Prune those low-growing stems or branches as soon as you notice them (if you don't want them there, of course) because they "suck" the energy that