Do you have December traditions? I do. The first weekend in December is when I start decorating outside. I make a gigantic wreath for my front porch. I pull grapevines from my yard and twist up the frame. I drag out my pole pruner and...
I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving holiday. We thoroughly enjoyed Green Friday and Small Business Saturday with Santa Claus. We officially have kicked off the holiday! I pick fresh winterberry branches every few days to add to our arrangements. This Saturday and Sunday is our 35th...
Can I simply state that I am VERY grateful this year. First of all, for all of you, who have made 2018, our 35th year in business, so fun and so successful. We are SO looking forward to this holiday season which starts...
I find it inconceivable that Thanksgiving is a week from Thursday! Everything seems to be in fast forward right now. At Natureworks, we are peddling as fast as we can to The outdoor bulbs have been moved to the shed to make room for lots of...
It's that time of year again. Halloween is here, daylight savings time ends this weekend, our fall foliage has peaked. Leaves carpet the ground and we are all Don't cut your entire garden down. Leave some of the seed pods for the birds. planting like crazy, trying...
What a difference a week makes! Last Thursday our Facebook Live was all about "life after 32 degrees". Well, I should have called it "life after 29 degrees" as that is how cold it got that night! I went straight from picking green beans and...
If you listen to the weather forecast this week, you will find that the focus is on the possibility of frost. Don't fear, this does NOT mean the garden season is over. The One year later, and this perennial mum has gotten huge! Plant NOW for...
We are living in a complicated world. I keep trying to swear off listening or watching the news. I try to maintain balance by either regularly walking in my garden with my cat Buddy, or working in a garden or...
What an absolutely PERFECT Indian Summer week and weekend we have coming up. There has never been a better year to plant in your garden or work on your organic lawn. The soil is saturated. The sun will be shining, the days will be in...
The last weekend of September is upon us, and in our neck of the woods it is known as "Fair Week". I love the fact that the entire town of Durham pitches in to put on this four day event. The schools are even closed...