This month I will look at the flowers you might want to consider in your Fall Garden. Several you have seen in them in your Spring Garden, but they bear repeating at this time of the year. As you well know the flowers you plant in the Spring soon die from the heat. The same…
There has been some difficulty in getting the latest URLs for the Back to Basics Wednesday for this fall. I hope to have this issue resolved by Sunday 31-Aug. If not it, will be on or abour 8-Aug as I will be out of town with NO computer access. I apologize for the inconvience! The…
Auburn, through its Alabama Cooperative Extension Service website, has a great series of articles that are presented live. Next month I will show/tell you how to access these webinars via ZOOM and Facebook in real time. They are also recorded and are available whenever you want to view or re-view them. One of the best…
As mentioned in the newsletter, we will start with a soil test. Whether you are looking at testing your lawn, garden, ornamentals, flower beds, we must start with a soil test. First you will need to get a soil sample bag from Old Tyme Feed or the Auburn Extension Service on Hwy-104, collect soil from…
Following are some suggestions for annuals to plant starting now. Well, dahlias are not annuals and vinca we do need to wait a couple more weeks for them to go in the ground. Click on each name for detailed information on each plant. So where can you go to find these annuals? Look at the…
This garden center is both a wholesale and retail business. It is located south of Mobile out Bellingrath Road in Theodore. Yes, a long way to go so you might as well plan on visiting Bellingrath Gardens if you go here. The Gardens are certainly worth the visit. I have found Shore Acres to be…
NOW – here is a truly unique way to get your plants! Who would think of going to a flea market to get plants? Mobile Flea Markets says they are one of the largest flea markets on the Gulf Coast and it is truly large. It has all the typical things you would expect to…
These two Garden Express retail centers are both retail outlets for the Stokley Nursery in Semmes. One is located just a few blocks from downtown Mobile on Government St. and the other is about eight miles from downtown Mobile on Moffett Road in Semmes. The Garden Express stores are a different type of nursery. Yes,…
A local, Fairhope, garden center that is far more than just flowers and shrubs. This is just about as a complete gardening center as you can find. Mulch, straw, fertilizer, vegetable plants and seeds, bird feed, and the lists goes on and on. If you want to raise bees – they have everything you will…
Corner Copia was located on Hwy-104 about two miles east of Three Circle Church. About a year and a half ago Wilsey’s Nursery sold their facility on Co Rd-181/US Hwt-98 to Corner Copia. An excellent nursery with a wide variety of shrubs, house plants, annuals, other plants, some trees, and a lot more. They have,…