Insects ~ Our Garden Partners

Insects ~ Our Garden Partners

It takes all kinds to make our gardens healthy Just like people it takes many to play many roles. The charismatic ladybug and acrobatic dragonfly have a better chance of winning respect from the entomophobic than the pesky mosquito or thuggish ground beetle, but the...
5th Annual Pumpkin Day ~ 2019

5th Annual Pumpkin Day ~ 2019

Once again, It’s About Thyme Nursery was the place to be to see this season’s array of Award Winning Squash. Stephen Beattie of Artisan Landscaping first delivered his Magic Organic Veggie Blend to Jeff’s Urban Pumpkin patch five years ago and a...

More Trees, please

It’s hard to imagine our environment without trees. There are many reasons to plant them and so many to choose from. How does one decide? Perhaps you are needing a replacement tree and you are wading through a list of unfamiliar names? Start with what you know....
Hedge Fun

Hedge Fun

Hedge: to surround, enclose, encircle, border, edge , keep within bounds, confine, obstruct… Once upon a time hedges were not what we planted, but rather what was left around the edges when the land had been cleared for cultivation. Native trees and shrubs were...
Water works

Water works

Think of water as many tiny links in a chain. If the chain is broken the plant dries out. Most plants give off water at night, but need it during the day so water early. When the plant releases water from its leaves the water chain moves more water up through the...