All the News That's Fit to Post about Chelsea, Michigan
(Publisher’s note: This is the second part of a two-part column. Part 1 published yesterday.) Flowers, Trees & Shrubs: If your annual flowers are starting to fade, pull them and replace them with mums, asters, pansies, and other cool-weather plants for … Read more
(Publisher’s note: This is part one of a two part column. ) By Jennifer Fairfield, owner of the Garden Mill Mother Nature sure has a sense of humor. Immediately after I said, in last month’s newsletter, that the main thing … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield Flowers: Diseases are also a problem for flower gardens, and keeping them from getting going is the best chance you have of controlling them. Planting disease resistant varieties when possible is the first step, but regular treatments … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield This month, the most important thing you can be doing in your yard and gardens is making sure that everything gets enough water. And I do mean everything. In addition, there are a few other things that … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield (Publisher’s note: This is the second of a two-part column, Part one published yesterday.) Flower Gardens: When deciding what flowers to add to your garden this year, consider ones that will attract beneficial insects. Some of our butterflies … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield (Publisher’s note: This is the first of a two-part column. The second part will run tomorrow.) The Garden Mill will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of my purchasing the store on June 29. I have no idea where … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield, owner the Garden Mill The Garden Mill will be closed for the entire month of January, and will reopen on Feb.1. While we’re closed, you can still shop the Online Store. It’s not actually that we won’t … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield, owner of the Garden Mill (Publisher’s note: Part 1 published yesterday.) Flowers: If you haven’t yet, it really is time to pull out any left-over summer annuals. They’re not going to last through the freezing temps the … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield Have you been able to figure out what kind of winter we are going to have, based on what the weather people are saying? I have to admit that I am confused. First, they said it was … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield (Publisher’s note: This is part one of a two-part column. The second part will publish tomorrow.) Take advantage of the slightly cooler weather to get lots of things done in your garden this month. In the vegetable … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield, owner The Garden Mill (Publisher’s note: Part two of this column published yesterday.) In the Flower Garden: Diseases are also a problem for flower gardens, and the same rules apply to flowers as vegetables – prevention is … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield, owner The Garden Mill (Publisher’s note: Part one of this column published yesterday.) In the vegetable garden continued: Early Blight can affect tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, and peppers. Early blight generally first appears on the stem and leaves … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield, owner Garden Mill (Publisher’s note: This is the third and final part of this column. Part 2 published yesterday.) In the flower garden: Much like in the veggie garden, keeping insects under control gets to be more … Read more