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No...We haven't changed our name to Go-GreenGardening. We are still Progressive Lawnscaping, and we still offer the same top notch landscape service we have since 1990. Go-GreenGardening is our new online garden store featuring a variety of eco-friendly garden and landscape products.  Many are items that our customers have requested over the 20 years we have been in business. 

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* Put annuals in spring bulb spaces.

* Plant flowers that will bloom in the fall, such as asters to provide nectar for late season butterflies.

* Establish a butterfly/bird watering area in your yard with either a small pond or a birdbath.

* Turn compost pile once a week.

* Check Hostas for slugs and treat them in a green friendly way.

* Thin young vegetable and flower plants to encourage fuller growth.

* Deadhead flowers on a regular basis to promote new flower growth.

* Thin hedges to encourage thick surface growth.

* Keep grass mowed regularly, but mow high (mower height at about 3 inches) to help protect the crown of the plant from heat stress.

* Lawn clippings, unless excessive, should be left on the lawn.

* To keep lawn green and growing, water as needed to supply a total of 1 to 1.5 inches of water per week. If left unwatered, lawns will turn brown and become dormant but will green up again when conditions are more favorable.

* Keep weeds controlled. They’re easier to pull when they are still young.

* Start seeds of cabbage, Brussels sprouts, broccoli and cauliflower for fall garden transplants.

* Plan now for your Halloween pumpkin. Determine the days to harvest for the particular cultivar you want to plant (usually on the seed packet), and count backward to determine the proper planting date.

* For staked tomatoes, remove suckers (branches that form where the leaf joins the stem) while they are 1 to 1.5 inches long to allow easier training.

* Check out our Father’s Day gift ideas at:  Go-GreenGardening.com

 

 

Endless Summer Blushing Bride Hydrangea

 

Endless Summer Blushing Bride will add life and love to your garden and home virtually all season long. Reliably blooming on both old and new growth, you can experience the beauty of Blushing Bride again and again, all summer long.  Pure white blooms with semi-double florets gradually mature to a sweet, pink blush. The disease and mildew-resistant foliage is an attractive dark green, providing a striking background for Blushing Bride’s mop head blooms. Strong stems and branches keep the plant sturdy and upright in the garden, and make it a perfect flower for cutting. 

 

Care and Growing

Endless Summer Blushing Bride produces pure white blooms of semi-double florets that gradually mature to a sweet, subtle blush of pink.  While easy to grow and quite vigorous, it is important to care for your plant properly for best results.  To encourage re-bloom, remove spent flowers.  Because Endless Summer Blushing Bride blooms on new growth, you don’t have to wait until next season to see baskets full of new blooms.

 

Care & Growing Tips:

For best results plant in early spring to late summer.

Plant in well-drained soil.

 

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Endless Summer Blushing Bride Hydrangea

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Earth-Friendly Gifts for Dad

 

Treat your dad to an earth-friendly gift from Go-GreenGardening.  Choose from our selection of composters, garden tools, birdfeeders, solar fountains, solar lights, or a rain barrel to make his watering chores go faster and easier.  Check out the sale on our eco-friendly items below.

Father’s Day Sale

Treat your dad (or yourself) with an earth friendly gift

from: www.Go-GreenGardening.com

Save $10 on Order of $75 (use code FDAY10 at checkout)

Save $15 on Order of $125 (use code FDAY15 at checkout)

Save $20 on Order of $150 (use code FDAY20 at checkout)

Offer expires:  6/20/10

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Using solar energy produces no air or water pollution, and it is a free and widely available energy source.  Here are some facts about solar energy:

 

* Solar energy reaches earth from the sun through its rays.

* Energy from the sun comes in the forms of light and heat.

* The term solar energy refers to the use of energy from the sun.

* Solar power more specifically refers to the utilization of the sun's energy for electricity.

* Solar thermal technology makes use of the sun's heat.

* Photovoltaic (PV) technologies convert light from the sun into electricity.

* Solar thermal technology can also create electricity by creating steam to power generators.

* Solar Energy is better for the environment than traditional forms of energy.

* The use of solar energy does not cause greenhouse gas emissions.

* In 1990, a solar powered airplane flew across the U.S.

* During the 15th century, Leonardo da Vinci already had plans for solar concentrators in his notebooks.

* In just one hour, the earth receives more energy from the sun than the entire world uses during a whole year.

* Solar energy has many uses such as electricity production and heating of water through photovoltaic cells and directly for drying clothes.

* Solar energy can also be used to heat swimming pools, power cars, for attic fans, calculators and other small appliances. It produces lighting for indoors or outdoors.

* You can even cook food with solar energy.

* Solar Energy is becoming more and more popular. The worldwide demand for Solar Energy is currently greater than supply.

* Solar Energy demand has grown at about 30% per annum over the past 15 years. 

* Accounting for only 5 percent of the world's population, Americans consume 26 percent of the world's energy.