Shoulder season for caterpillars and butterflies galore
Something is stirring in the gardens of South Jersey and you may miss it if you aren’t paying attention. After waiting all summer for butterflies to visit your flowers, you may suddenly find yourself being rewarded for all of your hard work in the garden. Not only...
Attract pollinators to your garden with the late-season blooms of asters
Now that Labor Day is in the rearview mirror, we will be bombarded with everything fall, including mums galore. Playing second only to the ubiquitous pumpkin, when we see mums (chrysanthemums), we can’t help but think of fall. You will see them at garden nurseries,...
Cool-season flowers that you can plant in September for a spring full of blooms
Though we have endured a hot and humid start to September, fall is knocking on our door. Before long, we will feel the drop in temperature and drastic change in seasons. For this reason, it is the perfect time to start thinking about planting cool-season flowers. Now,...
Garden tasks for late summer
Summer always seems to slip away all too fast. Just when we have time to catch our breath and enjoy the beach and our gardens, we find ourselves in late August and wonder where the time has gone. Fortunately, we have plenty of warm days ahead to look forward to,...
