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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 19 years we have been in business. |
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* Early flowering deciduous shrubs such as Forsythias, Weigela, and Spiraea should be pruned back when they have finished blooming. Cut back a third of the oldest canes to ground level, then cut back one third of the remaining branches by one third of their height. * Lilacs should be pruned lightly after they finish blooming, removing sucker growths and dead blooms.. Feed lilacs in May with a good all purpose 10-10-10 fertilizer after they have finished blooming. If your soil has an acidic pH, work a little lime into the soil as well. * Work lime in the soil around your Hydrangeas to produce pink flowers or Aluminum Sulphate for blue. * It should be safe to plant almost all vegetables now. The warm weather crops like tomatoes, squash, cucumber, pumpkins and peppers can wait until mid to late May. Carrots, lettuce, potatoes, corn, beans, peas and most of the rest of the popular vegetables can be seeded or planted anytime now. **see article below** * Stake clematis, peonies, delphiniums or any other heavy or dangly plant. * May is a good month to repair your lawn. Fill in the bare spots by slightly loosening surface of the soil and sow a good quality lawn seed over the area evenly. Tamp the seed in gently and water. Keep the patch moist by covering with light mulch of lawn clippings. This is the time to eliminate lawn weeds by hand pulling, or the application of a 'weed and feed' fertilizer.... before they go to seed!. Setting your mower for a higher cut during the spring months will help the grass to grow in fuller and help choke out the weeds. * Dahlias, Gladiolas, tuberous Begonias, Lilies and Cannas and other summer flowering bulbs can be planted this month. Gladiolas bulbs may be planted at 2 week increments until the first of July to provide you with cut flowers until the first frost. * Delphiniums, Phlox, Daylilies, Carnations, Aubrietia, Candytuft, Basket of Gold, Primroses, Coral Bells and Saxifraga and other summer flowering perennials may all be set into the garden any time in May. * Keep a vigilante eye on the roses. Keep them sprayed for aphids and other pests and diseases such as black spot. * The compost pile should be getting a lot of use these days, both in utilizing this prime garden resource, and adding fresh garden refuse to it. The compost pile should be kept damp. Frequent turning will turn your garden waste into flower food much faster. * Check out the New Products we have added at: Go-GreenGardening.com |
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FEATURED Dura-Trel Raised Planter Box |
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Dura-Trel Raised Planter Box Create a wonderful vegetable or flower garden for yourself with the Dura-Trel Two Board Raised Planter Box. This sturdy frame will create a small isolated area perfectly suited for a variety of projects. The 8' x 4' area is perfect for any small vegetable patch or flower garden.
Dura-Trel planters are constructed of the highest quality vinyl, which contains the greatest concentration of Titanium Dioxide available. Titanium Dioxide is a powerful UV stabilizer that protects the vinyl from the harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun. This planter will never fade, crack, peel, or rot and there is no need to paint it. This planter may be lined with landscape cloth to accept sand, soil, and plants directly. The easy assembly will allow you to get going on your raised bed gardening within minutes, without any special tools. Made in the USA. Twenty year manufacturer’s guarantee.
Available in 4 sizes: • 2 Boards tall 4'x4', Reg Price: $179.99 / Sale Price: $159.99
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Use coupon code: DTRPB2 at checkout to Save $20 on any size Dura-Trel Raised Planting Box. Order from our website at: Or call our office at: 317-780-6619. Offer expires: 5/31/10 |
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Starting a Vegetable Garden For the best success, a vegetable garden should be well planned out in advance. The site location is of the utmost importance. A spot near the house in full sunlight is the normally the most convenient spot, however, drainage, soil quality, and shade from buildings or trees may mean the garden must be located in an area farther from the house. A good vegetable garden must have at least six hours of full sun each day in order for your food crops to mature properly. No amount of fertilizer, water, or care can replace needed sunshine. The soil should be very fertile and well draining so that water never puddles after a rain storm. Choose a spot close to a water supply for convenience, and to avoid having to use long lengths of hoses (consider situating a rain barrel near your garden for easier watering). Planting a vegetable garden where it can be visited frequently will allow you to monitor plant pests and the general health of the garden more easily…. |
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Plan then Plant Your Vegetable Garden |
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PLANT OF THE MONTH Black Lace Elderberry - Sambucus nigra ‘Eva’
One of the first of the new elderberries to show off the dark, Japanese maple-like lace foliage, and is stunning. Umbels of pink flowers, 10 inches across, dot the plant in mid-summer and give off a slight lemony fragrance. It makes a wonderful accent plant and can even be trained into a small tree or standard. Plant in sun or partial shade. Blooms mid-summer. Grows 6’ x 8’.
Design tips: Landscapes and containers. Great as a shrub in the landscape or as a potted shrub on the patio. Good in groupings or masses, or perennial and shrub borders. Makes a nice specimen or screen. Tough enough for roadsides or naturalizing. Good in wet soils. Growing Tips: Best in moist soil although will tolerate dry soils. Thrives under acid or alkaline soils. Best if pruned immediately after blooming. Pruning only necessary to shape and control the plant or to improve fullness. Pruning or pinching young, leggy plants will create fuller branching. Can be pruned hard, to keep the plant compact. May be pruned to the ground each year and treated like a perennial. Plants set flower buds the summer prior to blooming. Best with high moisture. Fertilize in early spring by applying a slow release fertilizer specialized for trees and shrubs. Follow the recommended rate of application. Notes: Berries are edible and make a nice jelly or wine. Birds like them too. Deer resistant. According to the Humane Society of American Sambucus leaves, bark, roots, and buds can be toxic to pets. This is means that the plants are generally identified as having the capability for producing a toxic reaction. |
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Black Lace Elderberry |
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Community Gardens - Not Just For The Wanna Be Farmer
Community Gardens are popping up in cities across the nation. Whether it is on a vacant lot donated by the city, or a donated piece of land from a business or organization, community gardens are beneficial to promoting healthy communities. Besides providing food for your family, excess food can be donated to organizations that feed low income families and the homeless. Not only do the gardens give you a chance to visit with neighbors, but face it, working in the soil is just plain therapeutic! So if your yard is too small for a garden or you just want to garden with others, now is a great time to find a community garden near you. 'Google'.. community gardens in (type your county and state). If you live in Indiana, you can access a list of community gardens at www.ces.purdue.edu. Now that you have located a garden, check out our gardening tools at www.Go-GreenGardening.com
CSA'S - Community Supported Agriculture Plan Now For Fresh Produce All Summer
CSA'S - Community Supported Agriculture- are gaining in popularity. You are purchasing a 'share' or basically, buying a box of seasonal produce from the farmer each week. It's easy and the benefits are far reaching. Buying local, seasonal produce directly from the farmer helps the farmer, helps the environment and helps you. Most fruits and vegetables travel an average of 1500 miles to get to the supermarket. By buying directly from a local farm, the time from picking to eating is shortened. There are less carbon emissions from travel and less packaging needed. The fresh food is still full of flavor and vitamins. It also gives you a chance to experience different fruits and vegetables you might not otherwise try. There are organic farms, and some CSA'S that offer eggs, cheese, fruit, homemade breads and even flowers. LocalHarvest.org is a resource for finding CSA'S in IN and nationwide. It is a first come, first served basis with many CSA'S having February sign-up deadlines. So pick a farm, pay the one time amount for a designated amount of weeks and pick up your fruits and veggies once a week. Some CSA'S even offer delivery. |
