What’s in the ground:
We just lined our fence with sunflowers. They are small now, but when they grow, they’ll create a great barrier from the smog of the street, a great source for pollination and will look amazing. They’re a great flower for a fence line.
What’s going on in sustainability:
I’ve been on this water kick [...]

What’s in the ground:
As I always shamefully admit, even though I work for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, I am really weak in the field of horticulture, as my strength is in agriculture. But that doesn’t mean I’m not learning. This past week we transplanted the 48 sunflower’s we started in egg cartons. We plan on [...]

What’s in the ground:
The fun thing about growing food is that our schedules don’t run on those normal things like dates and deadlines. We like to operate on a more traditional schedule. By Mid Atlantic standards, mother’s day has passed, and with that, the fear of frost leaving us a nice warm soil. So, yes, [...]

What’s in the ground:
Hopefully anything you’ve transplanted is looking great and you’re having a lot of success with any seeds you germinated directly in the soil. But even if your transplants took or your seeds popped through, but they don’t seem to be growing at the rate you’d expect, shocking your plants with some fertilizer [...]